ready, get set, go Definition

ready
adj readier, readiest

1. Prepared and available for use or action.

Thesaurus: set, prepared, keyed up, psyched up (slang).
2. Willing; eager.

Example: always ready to help
Thesaurus: willing, eager, inclined, disposed.
3. Prompt; quick, usually too quick.

Example: He's always ready to find fault
Thesaurus: prompt, instant, quick, fast, sharp, alert, wide-awake, immediate.
4. Likely or about to.

Example: a plant just ready to flower

noun

1. colloq
Short form of ready money.
Form: readies

adverb

1. Prepared or made beforehand.

Example: ready cooked meals

verb

readies, readied, readying
1. To make ready; to prepare.

Thesaurus: prepare, arrange, complete, devise, contrive, provide for.

Derivative: readily
adverb

Willingly; quickly and without difficulty.
Thesaurus: eagerly, willingly, voluntarily, freely; promptly, quickly, speedily.

Derivative: readiness
noun

The state of being ready.
Thesaurus: preparation, preparedness, vigilance, alertness, wariness.

Idiom: at the ready

Said of a gun: aimed and ready to be fired.

Ready for immediate action.

Idiom: ready, steady, go (ready, get set, go)

A formulaic expression used to start a race.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon ræde.