ready

• "their guns were at the ready"

• "Cook me dinner, please"
• "can you make me an omelette?"
• "fix breakfast for the guests, please"

Synonyms

• cooksomeone who cooks food ; English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779) ; prepare a hot meal; prepare for eating by applying heat; transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; tamper, with the purpose of deception; transform by heating
• fixinformal terms for a difficult situation; something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug; the act of putting something in working order again ; an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear; a determination of the place where something is; restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; cause to be firmly attached; decide upon or fix definitely; prepare for eating by applying heat; take vengeance on or get even; set or place definitely; kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study ; make fixed, stable or stationary; make infertile; influence an event or its outcome by illegal means; put (something somewhere) firmly; make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
• makea recognizable kind; the act of mixing cards haphazardly ; engage in; give certain properties to something; make or cause to be or to become; cause to do; give rise to; create or manufacture a man-made product; make, formulate, or derive in the mind; compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way; create by artistic means; earn on some commercial or business transaction; create or design, often in a certain way; to compose or represent; reach a goal; be or be capable of being changed or made into; make by shaping or bringing together constituents; perform or carry out; make by combining materials and parts; change from one form into another; act in a certain way so as to acquire; charge with a function; achieve a point or goal; reach a destination, either real or abstract; institute, enact, or establish; carry out or commit; form by assembling individuals or constituents; organize or be responsible for; put in order or neaten; head into a specified direction; have a bowel movement; undergo fabrication or creation; be suitable for; add up to; amount to; constitute the essence of; appear to begin an activity; proceed along a path; reach in time; gather and light the materials for; prepare for eating by applying heat; induce to have sex; assure the success of; represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; consider as being; calculate as being; cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable; favor the development of; develop into; behave in a certain way; eliminate urine
• preparemake ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; prepare for eating by applying heat; to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery; arrange by systematic planning and united effort; educate for a future role or function; create by training and teaching; lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord; undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession

• "Get the children ready for school!"
• "prepare for war"
• "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"

Synonyms

• fixinformal terms for a difficult situation; something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug; the act of putting something in working order again ; an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear; a determination of the place where something is; restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; cause to be firmly attached; decide upon or fix definitely; prepare for eating by applying heat; take vengeance on or get even; set or place definitely; kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study ; make fixed, stable or stationary; make infertile; influence an event or its outcome by illegal means; put (something somewhere) firmly; make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
• preparemake ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; prepare for eating by applying heat; to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery; arrange by systematic planning and united effort; educate for a future role or function; create by training and teaching; lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord; undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession
• set upset up or found; create by putting components or members together; construct, build, or erect; get ready for a particular purpose or event; put into a proper or systematic order; begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.; take or catch as if in a snare or trap; produce; set up for use; place; arrange the outcome of by means of deceit; erect and fasten; arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; equip with sails or masts; make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
• gear upmake ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
• set(usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed; fixed and unmoving; situated in a particular spot or position; set down according to a plan; being below the horizon; determined or decided upon as by an authority; converted to solid form (as concrete) ; a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used; (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols; several exercises intended to be done in series; representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production; an unofficial association of people or groups; a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way; the act of putting something in position; a unit of play in tennis or squash; the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization; evil Egyptian god with the head of a beast that has high square ears and a long snout; the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon; (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way; any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals; put into a certain place or abstract location; fix conclusively or authoritatively; decide upon or fix definitely; establish as the highest level or best performance; put into a certain state; fix in a border; make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly; locate; disappear beyond the horizon; adapt for performance in a different way; put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground; apply or start; become gelatinous; set in type; put into a position that will restore a normal state; insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink) ; give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor ; urge to attack someone; estimate; equip with sails or masts; get ready for a particular purpose or event; alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; bear fruit; arrange attractively

• "get ready"
• "she is ready to resign"
• "the bridge is ready to collapse"
• "I am ready to work"
• "ready for action"
• "ready for use"
• "the soup will be ready in a minute"
• "ready to learn to read"

• "he seems to have ample ready money"
• "a ready source of cash"

Synonyms

• ready(a)

• "he was ready to believe her"

• "dinner is ready"

• "a quick mind"
• "a ready wit"

Synonyms

• quickwith little or no delay; any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail) ; accomplished rapidly and without delay; hurried and brief; moving quickly and lightly; apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity; performed with little or no delay; easily aroused or excited