ready meaning
EN
[ˈɹɛdi] [-ɛdi] 
US UK WReady
- Ready may refer to:
- NounPLreadiesPREré-SUF-y
- (slang) ready money; cash.
- (slang) ready money; cash.
- VerbSGreadiesPRreadyingPT, PPreadied
- AdjectiveCOMreadierSUPreadiest
- Prepared for immediate action or use.
- The troops are ready for battle. The porridge is ready to serve.
- Inclined; apt to happen.
- Liable at any moment.
- The seed is ready to sprout.
- Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind; dexterous; prompt; easy; expert.
- a ready apprehension; ready wit; a ready writer or workman
- Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient.
- Prepared for immediate action or use.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- ...and called him his father; this overpowered the brave man's heart, and obliged him to turn around, to prevent the tears that stood ready to gush from his eyes.
- Toyota used to be a company with foresight, always ready to take action, but now they have fallen very far behind the curve.
- We staged the cars to be ready for the start, then waited for the starter to drop the flag.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of ready in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Morphemes
- Suffixes
- Words by suffix
- Words suffixed with -y
- Words suffixed with -y
- Words by suffix
- Suffixes
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Singularia tantum
- Uncountable nouns
- Uncountable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Adjectives
- en readying
- en ready up
- en readymade
- en ready room
- en ready meal
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "ready" is an adjective. It's also a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum. It's also a verb.