ready

English

Etymology

From Middle English redy, redi, rædiȝ, iredi, ȝerǣdi, alteration ( +‎ -y) of earlier irēd, irede, ȝerād (“ready, prepared”), from Old English rǣde, ġerǣde (also ġerȳde) ("prepared, prompt, ready, ready for riding (horse), mounted (on a horse), skilled, simple, easy"), from Proto-Germanic *garaidijaz (“ready”), from Proto-Indo-European *rēidh-, *rēi- (“to count, put in order, arrange, make comfortable”) and also probably conflated with Proto-Indo-European *reidh- (“to ride”) in the sense of "set to ride, able or fit to go, ready". Cognate with Scots readie, reddy (“ready, prepared”), West Frisian ree (“ready”), Dutch gereed (“ready”), German bereit (“ready”), Danish rede (“ready”), Swedish redo (“ready, fit, prepared”), Icelandic greiður (“easy, light”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (garaiþs, “arranged, ordered”). Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian rend (“row, order, run, ride”).

Pronunciation

enPR: rĕd'i, IPA: /ˈɹɛdi/, X-SAMPA: /"r\Edi/
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Homophones: reddy

Rhymes: Rhymes: -ɛdi
Hyphenation: read‧y

Adjective

ready (comparative readier, superlative readiest)

Prepared for immediate action or use.
The troops are ready for battle.
Inclined; apt to happen.
Liable at any moment.
The seed is ready to sprout.

Synonyms

good to go

Translations

Prepared for immediate action or use

Arabic: جاهز (ar) (jaahiz), مستعد (ar) (musta3id)
Armenian: պատրաստ (hy) (patrast)
Belarusian: гатовы (be) (hatóvyj)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 准備好的 (cmn), 准备好的 (cmn) (zhǔnbèi hǎo de)
Czech: připravený (cs) m
Dutch: gereed (nl), klaar (nl)
Finnish: valmis (fi)
French: prêt (fr) m, prête (fr) f
German: bereit (de)
Greek:
Ancient: ἑτοῖμος
Hawaiian: mākaukau
Hebrew: מוכן (he) (mukhan)
Hindi: तैयार (hi) (taiyār)
Hungarian: kész (hu)
Icelandic: tilbúinn (is) m, undirbúinn (is) m
Irish: réidh (ga), ullamh (ga)
Italian: pronto (it), preparato (it)
Japanese: 用意の出来た (ja) (よういのできた, yōi-no dekita), 出来上がり (ja) (dekiagari), 準備の出来た (ja) (junbi-no dekita)

Korean: 준비된 (ko) (junbi-doen)
Kurdish:
Sorani: ئاماده‌ (ku)
Latgalian: gotovs m, sasarūss m
Latin: promptus (la)
Latvian: gatavs (lv)
Lojban: bredi (jbo)
Norwegian: klar (no), parat (no)
Persian: آماده (fa) (āmāda(e)), رو به راه (fa) (ru be rāh)
Polish: gotowy (pl), gotów (pl) m, gotowi (pl) pl
Portuguese: pronto (pt) m, preparado (pt) m
Russian: готовый (ru) (gotóvyj)
Scots: boun
Spanish: preparado (es), listo (es)
Swedish: beredd (sv)
Telugu: సిద్ధం (te) (siddham), తయారు (te) (tayaaru)
Turkish: hazır (tr)
Ukrainian: готовий (uk) (hotóvyj)
Urdu: تیار (ur) (taiyār)
Welsh: barod (cy)

Inclined, apt to happen

Arabic: حاضر (ħāḍir), مستعد (mustaʕídd)
Icelandic: tilbúinn (is) m
Kurdish:
Sorani: حازر

Norwegian: beredt (no), rede (no)
Swedish: redo (sv)
Turkish: meyyal (tr), razı (tr)

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