make ready (for something) — make ˈready (for sth) idiom (formal) to prepare • to make ready for the President s visit Main entry: ↑readyidiom … Useful english dictionary
ripe for something — ripe for (something) ready for something to happen. She thinks the whole unemployment insurance system is ripe for an overhaul. Nobody was sure if the television audience was ripe for something different. Kinshasa is a city ripe for change … New idioms dictionary
Ready for the Floor — Single infobox Name = Ready for the Floor Artist = Hot Chip from Album = Made in the Dark B side = Released = 28 January 2008 Format = Recorded = Genre = Indietronica Electro pop Length = 3:55 Label = EMI (UK) Producer = Chart position = #6 UK… … Wikipedia
be ripe for something — phrase to be ready for something, especially a change Some of the smaller firms are ripe for takeover. Thesaurus: to be ready, or to get ready for somethingsynonym Main entry: ripe … Useful english dictionary
prepare the ground for something — prepare the ground for (something) to make conditions ready for something to happen in the future. These experiments prepared the ground for the development of sound recording technology. Usage notes: often used in a political context: Even if… … New idioms dictionary
be ripe for something — to be ready for something, especially a change Some of the smaller firms are ripe for takeover … English dictionary
on the watch (for something) — phrase paying careful attention so that you are ready to deal with something if it happens His family was always on the watch for early signs of the disease. Thesaurus: attentiveness and paying attentionsynonym Main entry: watch … Useful english dictionary
ready — [[t]re̱di[/t]] ♦♦ readier, readiest, readies, readying, readied 1) ADJ: v link ADJ, oft ADJ for n, ADJ to inf If someone is ready, they are properly prepared for something. If something is ready, it has been properly prepared and is now able to… … English dictionary
ready — read|y1 [ˈredi] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(prepared)¦ 2¦(for immediate use)¦ 3 have something ready 4 be/feel ready for something 5 be ready to do something 6¦(willing)¦ 7¦(quick)¦ 8 ready money/cash 9 ready, steady, go! ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1100 1200; … Dictionary of contemporary English
ready — read|y1 [ redi ] adjective *** 1. ) never before noun prepared for what is going to happen: We ll never be ready in time. ready to do something: Are you ready to go yet? ready for: She was ready for a new challenge. nearly/just about/almost ready … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English