Betekenis van ready In het Nederlands

• 0 prepared and suitable for fast activity:

  • [ + to infinitive ] Are you ready to leave?

  • Are you ready to order, Madam?

  • Okay, Evie, ready when you are (= I am ready to do what we have arranged).

  • Dinner's ready!

  • Are you ready? Hurry up - we're late.

  • We're leaving at eight o'clock, so you've got half an hour to get ready.

  • The army are said to be ready for action.

  • The concert hall was made/got ready (= prepared) for the performance.

  • Secret information allowed the police to be ready and waiting when the robbers came out of the bank.

• 1 quick with answers, jokes, solutions, etc.:

  • He had a ready reply to every question.

  • He was charming, with a ready wit (= the ability to quickly say clever and funny things).

• 2 prepared to be used or to act immediately:

  • He stood by the phone, pencil at the ready.

• 3 prepared and suitable for action or use:

  • Dinner is ready.

  • The twins are getting ready for bed.

  • [ + to infinitive ] I’m ready to go now.

  • [ + to infinitive ] "Are you ready to order?" the waiter asked.

• 4 willing:

  • My friends are always ready to help me out.

• 5 quick, esp. in answering or in thinking of what to say:

  • He had a ready reply to every question.

• 6 available to be used at any time:

  • a ready source/supply

• 7 money that is available to be spent immediately:

  • A demand by the court to pay the tax claim immediately would destroy the firm because it does not have enough ready cash.