ready : Idioms & Phrases

• ready in every particular; wholly equipped or prepared. "[I] am all redy at your hest." Chaucer.

Webster 1913

• adjective satellite ready for immediate use
  
  • soldiers with guns at the ready
  • students with pens and notebooks at the ready

WordNet

• adjective satellite engaged in or ready for military or naval operations
  active; fighting.
  
  • on active duty
  • the platoon is combat-ready
  • review the fighting forces

WordNet

• adjective satellite prepared before sale and ready to be cooked
  

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• adjective satellite being and remaining ready and available for use
  waiting.
  
  • waiting cars and limousines lined the curb
  • found her mother waiting for them
  • an impressive array of food ready and waiting for the guests
  • military forces ready and waiting

WordNet

• noun money in the form of cash that is readily available
  ready cash; cold cash.
  
  • his wife was always a good source of ready cash
  • he paid cold cash for the TV set

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• noun money in the form of cash that is readily available
  ready cash; cold cash.
  
  • his wife was always a good source of ready cash
  • he paid cold cash for the TV set

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• means of immediate payment; cash. "'Tis all the ready money fate can give." Cowley.

Webster 1913

• noun a handbook of tables used to facilitate computation
  reckoner.
  

WordNet

• a book of tables for facilitating computations, as of interest, prices, etc.

Webster 1913

• adjective satellite easy to reach
  handy.
  
  • found a handy spot for the can opener

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• adjective satellite cooked in such a way as to be ready for sale
  

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• noun a manufactured artifact (as a garment or piece of furniture) that is made in advance and available for purchase
  
  • their apartment was furnished with ready-mades
• adjective made for purchase and immediate use
  
• adjective satellite repeated regularly without thought or originality
  cliched.
  
  • ready-made phrases
• adjective satellite commercially produced; not homemade
  
  • ready-made clothes

WordNet

Read"y-made` adjective

Definitions

1. Made already, or beforehand, in anticipation of need; not made to order; as, ready-made clothing; ready-made jokes.

Webster 1913

• noun a commercial preparation containing most of the ingredients for a dish
  

WordNet

• adjective satellite food products that are prepared in advance and can be eaten as sold
  

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• noun ready-made clothing
  
  • she couldn't find anything in ready-to-wear that she liked
• adjective satellite (especially of clothing) made in standard sizes and available from merchandise in stock
  off-the-shelf; off-the-peg; off-the-rack.
  
  • a ready-made jacket
  • ready-to-wear clothes

WordNet

Read"y-wit`ted adjective

Definitions

1. Having ready wit.

Webster 1913

• . (a) Acting with offhand promptness and efficiency. "The rough and ready understanding."

Webster 1913

• adjective satellite crude but effective for the purpose at hand
  

WordNet

• to make preparation; to get in readiness.

Webster 1913