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ready(1) (iou)



ready adjective, adverb, & noun. ME.

A. adjective.
I.
In a state of preparation, so as to be capable of immediately performing (or becoming the object of) the action implied or expressed in the context; with preparations complete; in a fit state; spec. fully dressed (now only a contextual use of the General sense). Usu. pred. (Foll. by for, to do.) ME.
J. Conrad Your supper may be ready. S. Raven Be ready to leave. New Yorker Ready when you are.
b. With following pa. pple (now usu. hyphenated), denoting the prior completion of the action denoted by the pple. Orig. only pred. ME.
Dickens Meat ready-cooked. L. Deighton Ready-cooked pizzas.
c. pred. Prepared for an event, state, etc. L16.
M. Keane The engine throbbed..ready for the journey.
So placed or constituted as to be immediately available when required; close at hand; convenient for use. Long only attrib. ME.
J. R. Green A..ready source of revenue.
b. attrib. Of a way, path, etc.: lying directly before one; straight, direct, near. Now rare or obsolete. ME.
c. attrib. Immediately available as currency; having the form of coin or money. ME.
M. J. Bruccoli Fitzgerald wrote three stories for ready cash.
d. attrib. Of payment: made promptly, not deferred. LME-L17.
Willing; feeling or exhibiting no reluctance. Usu. pred. Foll. by to do. ME.
H. James She was..ready to postpone their visit.
pred. Prepared, willing, or inclined to do, give, suffer, etc., something. Foll. by to the thing indicated. ME-L16.
Having the quality of being prepared or willing to act when necessary; prompt or quick in action or thought; (of the mind or a mental faculty) quick to understand, plan, etc. ME.
R. Gower He had a kind heart and a ready pen. Y. Menuhin His Humor was as ready as ever.
b. attrib. Proceeding from or delivered with promptness of thought or expression; characterized by promptness. LME.
Sir W. Scott Returning a ready answer.
c. attrib. Characterized by alacrity or willingness in some respect; taking place quickly or easily; easily available. M16.
What Mortgage Ready access to London.
In such a condition as to be immediately likely (to do); likely, liable. Usu. pred. LME.
Sufficiently angry or irritated to do, fit to do. Usu. pred. M16.
Defoe: I was ready to snatch the breeches out of her hands.
Having a tendency to do. Usu. pred. L16.
B. Jowett Too ready to speak evil.
Esp. of Music or musicians: excellent, fully competent. US slang. M20.
= streetwise (b) s.v. STREET noun. US Black English. M20.
II. As interjection.
Giving notice of a state of readiness. Formerly also, acknowledging a call or summons. L16.
a. Military & Nautical. As a word of command. E19.
A. Ransome: 'Ready about, ' said Dick.
b. Forming part of the formula used to start a race. Chiefly in ready, steady, go! M20.
Phrases: be ready to leap out of one's skin: see LEAP verb. make ready prepare, put in order; make preparations; (foll. by for, to do).
Special collocations: ready meal a complete dish sold ready-made and requiring only brief heating in a microwave or conventional oven to prepare it for eating. ready money (a) actual coin or notes; (b) payment on the spot in cash. ready reckoner a book or table listing the results of standard numerical calculations, esp. those encountered in commerce. ready room US Military a compartment in an aircraft carrier where pilots are briefed and await orders to fly.
Comb.: ready-made adjective & noun (a) adjective made in a finished state; (esp. of clothing) made to a standard size and specification, not to the order of a purchaser; dealing in or pertaining to ready-made articles; (b) noun a ready-made article, esp. of clothing; ready-mix adjective & noun = ready-mixed below; ready-mixed adjective & noun (a) adjective (of concrete, paint, Food, etc.) having some or all of the constituents already mixed together; (b) noun ready-mixed concrete; ready-witted adjective of a ready wit; quick of apprehension.
b. adverb. Readily. Long only in compar. & superl. ME.
C. noun.
Ready money, cash (usu. with the); in pl., banknotes. slang. L17.
The position of a firearm when the person holding it is ready to raise it to the shoulder and aim or fire; gen. a state of readiness for action. Usu. with the, esp. in at the ready. M19.
b. The condition of being ready to start something. Freq. in get a good ready, assume a favourable stance or position for this. US colloq. (now rare). L19.
A strand in a rope or cable. M19.

MALACHITE Resources NL (finance)


MALACHITE Resources NL is a large Australian company in the field of materials. Their Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) code is MAR.