readying

read·y  (rd)

adj. read·i·er, read·i·est

1. Prepared or available for service, action, or progress: I am ready to work. The soup will be ready in a minute. The pupils are ready to learn to read.

2. Mentally disposed; willing: He was ready to believe her.

3. Likely or about to do something: She is ready to retire.

4. Prompt in apprehending or reacting: a ready intelligence; a ready response.

5. Available: ready money.

tr.v. read·ied, read·y·ing, read·ies

To cause to be ready.

Idioms:

at the ready

Available for immediate use: soldiers with machine guns at the ready; students with notebooks at the ready.

make ready

To make preparations.

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[Middle English redy, from Old English rde; see reidh- in Indo-European roots.]

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readi·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

readying - the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose; "preparations for the ceremony had begun" preparation fire control - preparation for the delivery of shellfire on a target activity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity" deployment - the distribution of forces in preparation for battle or work groundwork - preliminary preparation as a basis or foundation; "we are prepared today because of groundwork that was done ten years ago" makeready - final preparation and adjustments priming - the act of making something ready planning - an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action; "the planning was more fun than the trip itself" turnround, turnaround - act or process of unloading and loading and servicing a vessel or aircraft for a return trip tune-up, warm-up, prolusion - exercising in preparation for strenuous activity