ready

A1Frequent NGSL-1

UK /ˈredi/US /ˈredi/

Meaning

adjective

fully prepared for what you are going to do and able to start it immediately

“Just a minute—I'm almost ready.”

Real video examples

From real subtitles in LingoTube lessons

“corollary your mentors may leave you prepared but they can't leave you ready when Steve got sick I had hardwired my thinking to the belief that he would get better I not”

📺 2019 Stanford Commencement address by Tim CookLearn this word in the video →

“to go I think I'm ready to make my move oh yeah there we go yeah unfortunate I'm very bad I'm finally going to beat this is great [Music] ouch oh who”

📺 Satoru Iwata - Heart of a GamerLearn this word in the video →

“And the launch complex itself is ready to go.”

📺 Elon Musk: A future worth getting excited about (TED 2022)Learn this word in the video →

Appears in 7 lessons:2019 Stanford Commencement address by Tim Cook Satoru Iwata - Heart of a Gamer Elon Musk: A future worth getting excited about (TED 2022)Elon Musk's 2003 Stanford University Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lecture

Remember ready through real videos

LingoTube turns TED / YouTube videos into sentence-by-sentence bilingual lessons: synced subtitles, tap any word for meaning and pronunciation, save to your word bank with spaced repetition.

corollary your mentors may leave you prepared but they can't leave you ready when Steve got sick I had hardwired my thinking to the belief that he would get better I not

ready·

Learn "ready" in a video →

Free to try, no sign-up needed

Learn with famous talks

Steve Jobs' Stanford Address