ready-made | a manufactured artifact (as a garment or piece of furniture) that is made in advance and available for purchase, their apartment was furnished with ready-mades |
ready-to-wear | ready-made clothing, she couldn't find anything in ready-to-wear that she liked |
reckoner ready reckoner | a handbook of tables used to facilitate computation |
ready-mix | a commercial preparation containing most of the ingredients for a dish |
ready cash cold cash ready money | money in the form of cash that is readily available, his wife was always a good source of ready cash, he paid cold cash for the TV set |
ready | poised for action, their guns were at the ready |
receive | convert into sounds or pictures, receive the incoming radio signals |
fix prepare set up ready gear up set | make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc, Get the children ready for school!, prepare for war, I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill |
receive get find obtain incur | receive a specified treatment (abstract), These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation, His movie received a good review, I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions |
receive | regard favorably or with disapproval, Her new collection of poems was not well received |
receive | accept as true or valid, He received Christ |
welcome receive | bid welcome to, greet upon arrival |
receive | partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament |
receive take in invite c | express willingness to have in one's home or environs, The community warmly received the refugees |
cook fix ready make prepare | prepare for eating by applying heat, Cook me dinner, please, can you make me an omelette?, fix breakfast for the guests, please |
pick up receive | register (perceptual input), pick up a signal |
experience receive have get | go through (mental or physical states or experiences), get an idea, experience vertigo, get nauseous, receive injuries, have a feeling |
get e receive f | receive as a retribution or punishment, He got years in prison |
receive have | get something, come into possession of, receive payment, receive a gift, receive letters from the front |
receive | have or give a reception, The lady is receiving Sunday morning |
meet encounter receive | experience as a reaction, My proposal met with much opposition |
handy ready to hand(p) | easy to reach, found a handy spot for the can opener |
ready(a) | (of especially money) immediately available, he seems to have ample ready money, a ready source of cash |
ready-cooked | cooked in such a way as to be ready for sale |
ready-made | made for purchase and immediate use |
off-the-rack off-the-shelf off-the-peg ready-to-wear | (especially of clothing) made in standard sizes and available from merchandise in stock, a ready-made jacket, ready-to-wear clothes |
ready-to-eat | food products that are prepared in advance and can be eaten as sold |
ready-made | commercially produced, not homemade, ready-made clothes |
rough-and-ready | crude but effective for the purpose at hand |
quick ready | apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity, a quick mind, a ready wit |
active combat-ready fighting(a) | engaged in or ready for military or naval operations, on active duty, the platoon is combat-ready, review the fighting forces |
cliched ready-made | repeated regularly without thought or originality, ready-made phrases |
oven-ready | prepared before sale and ready to be cooked |
ready | made suitable and available for immediate use, dinner is ready |
ready | completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress, get ready, she is ready to resign, the bridge is ready to collapse, I am ready to work, ready for action, ready for use, the soup will be ready in a minute, ready to learn to read |
at the ready(p) | ready for immediate use, soldiers with guns at the ready, students with pens and notebooks at the ready |
waiting ready and waiting(p) | being and remaining ready and available for use, waiting cars and limousines lined the curb, found her mother waiting for them, an impressive array of food ready and waiting for the guests, military forces ready and waiting |
ready | mentally disposed, he was ready to believe her |