ready

ready

verb

Definition of READY

1

to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function <this advanced course should ready him for college>

Synonyms equip, fit, prepare, ready, season, train

Related Words accustom, adapt, adjust, condition, groom, habituate, shape, tailor; authorize, entitle; empower, enable; educate, indoctrinate, instruct, school, teach, tutor

2

to make ready in advance <we can ready the desserts for the party a day in advance>

Synonyms fit, fix, groom, lay, prep, ready

Related Words brace, fortify, gird, steel; batten, gather, gear up, mount; educate, indoctrinate, instruct, school, train, tutor; boot (up), prime; arrange, set, spread; arm, equip, forearm, furnish, outfit, provide, supply; incline, predispose; draft, draw up, frame; warm (up)

3

to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally <the basketball players sat quietly in the locker room, readying themselves for the final game of the season>

Synonyms brace, forearm, nerve, poise, psych (up), ready, steel, strengthen

Related Words arm; harden, inure, season, toughen; bolster, boost, buoy (up), buttress, enforce, prop (up), reinforce (also reenforce), support, sustain; cheer (up), comfort, embolden, encourage, hearten, inspire; rally, rouse, stir

Near Antonyms daunt, demoralize, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, psych (out), shake, unnerve; debilitate, enervate, enfeeble, prostrate, sap, soften, tire, undercut, undermine, weaken