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{
"term": "ready",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "fully prepared for what you are going to do and able to start it immediately",
"sensetop": "ready for somethingready to do something",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Just a minute—I'm **almost ready**."
},
{
"text": "Are you nearly ready?"
},
{
"text": "‘Shall we go?’ ‘I'm **ready when you are**!’"
},
{
"text": "I'm just **getting** the kids **ready** for school.",
"contextForm": "ready for something"
},
{
"text": "Right, we're ready to go.",
"contextForm": "ready to do something"
},
{
"text": "We were **getting ready** to go out."
},
{
"text": "Volunteers were **ready and waiting** to pack the food in boxes."
},
{
"text": "He's always ready with a quick answer."
},
{
"text": "I think we're just about ready to start."
},
{
"text": "I was all ready to leave when the phone rang."
},
{
"text": "I'm trying to get the children ready to leave."
},
{
"text": "Our troops keep training all the time to remain ready."
},
{
"text": "We're definitely ready for the show tonight."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["appear", "be", "feel"],
"adverb": ["all", "completely", "totally"],
"preposition": ["for", "with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "having the experience, attitude, etc. that you need in order to be able to deal with something",
"sensetop": "ready for somethingready to do something",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Her husband wants to start a family, but she isn't ready."
},
{
"text": "I’m not sure if Karen is ready for marriage yet.",
"contextForm": "ready for something"
},
{
"text": "I was twenty years old and **ready for anything**."
},
{
"text": "He is clearly not ready to take on such an important role.",
"contextForm": "ready to do something"
},
{
"text": "He didn't feel quite ready for marriage."
},
{
"text": "I feel ready for anything!"
},
{
"text": "She was concerned to protect the children from the truth until she judged them ready to hear it."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "completed and available to be used",
"sensetop": "ready for somethingready to do something",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Come on, dinner's ready!"
},
{
"text": "The new building should be ready by 2030."
},
{
"text": "Can you help me **get** everything **ready** for the party?",
"contextForm": "ready for something"
},
{
"text": "The contract will be ready to sign in two weeks.",
"contextForm": "ready to do something"
},
{
"text": "I've left everything ready in the kitchen."
},
{
"text": "I'll get all the boxes ready."
},
{
"text": "The cases are ready for delivery."
},
{
"text": "The suitcases were standing ready by the front door."
},
{
"text": "The plane was refuelled and declared ready for service again."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["appear", "be", "feel"],
"adverb": ["all", "completely", "totally"],
"preposition": ["for", "with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "available to be used easily and immediately",
"examples": [
{
"text": "All the relevant records are **ready to hand**."
},
{
"text": "a ready supply of wood"
},
{
"text": "a ready source of income"
},
{
"text": "Please have your tickets ready for inspection."
},
{
"text": "He held his gun ready."
},
{
"text": "The warships were soon made ready."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "willing and quick to do or give something",
"sensetop": "ready for somethingready with somethingready to do something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I was very angry and ready for a fight.",
"contextForm": "ready for something"
},
{
"text": "She's always ready with advice.",
"contextForm": "ready with something"
},
{
"text": "He's always **ready and willing** to help.",
"contextForm": "ready to do something"
},
{
"text": "Don't be so ready to believe the worst about people."
},
{
"text": "She was only too ready to believe the worst of him."
},
{
"text": "Connors was more than ready to oblige."
},
{
"text": "He's always ready to help."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["appear", "be", "seem"],
"adverb": ["more than", "only too", "very"],
"phrases": ["ready and willing"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "likely to do something very soon",
"sensetop": "ready to do something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She looked ready to collapse at any minute."
}
],
"synonyms": "on the point of"
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "needing something as soon as possible",
"sensetop": "ready for something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Right, I'm ready for bed."
},
{
"text": "After the long walk, we were all ready for a rest."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 8,
"definition": "quick and clever",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She has great charm and a ready wit."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to prepare for something; to prepare something for something",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to make ready for the President’s visit"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "what you say to tell people to start a race",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "ready to start",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The show is just about ready to roll."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈredi/",
"audio": "re/ready/ready__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈredi/",
"audio": "re/ready/ready__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old English rǣde (from a Germanic base meaning ‘arrange, prepare’; related to Dutch gereed) + -y."
}