Definition of Ready

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Definition of Ready

Ready

Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement or action; as, the troops are ready to march; ready for the journey.

Fitted or arranged for immediate use; causing no delay for lack of being prepared or furnished.

Prepared in mind or disposition; not reluctant; willing; free; inclined; disposed.

Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind; dexterous; prompt; easy; expert; as, a ready apprehension; ready wit; a ready writer or workman.

Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient; near; easy.

On the point; about; on the brink; near; -- with a following infinitive.

A word of command, or a position, in the manual of arms, at which the piece is cocked and held in position to execute promptly the next command, which is, aim.

In a state of preparation for immediate action; so as to need no delay.

Ready money; cash; -- commonly with the; as, he was well supplied with the ready.

To dispose in order.

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Ready Quotations

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
Dalai Lama

Miracles come in moments. Be ready and willing.
Wayne Dyer

I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.
Winston Churchill

Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
Winston Churchill

When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.
Abraham Lincoln

Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action.
Napoleon Hill

There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.
Benjamin Franklin

He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.
Benjamin Franklin

No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.
Theodore Roosevelt

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.
George Washington

Ready Translations

ready in Afrikaans is bereid, gereed
ready in Dutch is klaar, gereed, af, afgelopen
ready in Finnish is valmis
ready in German is fertig, fertig/bereit
ready in Italian is essere disposto, largo, pronto, disposto
ready in Latin is praeparo, paratus
ready in Portuguese is pronto
ready in Spanish is preparado, listo, terminado

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