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at the ready

at the ready prepositional phrase: ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) Ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation.
    • The soldiers were at the ready.
    • The soldiers held their rifles at the ready and listened for the enemy.

at the ready meaning in Malayalam

at the ready in Malayalam

poised. in position, ready for use, ready for action
പ്രവർത്തനസന്നദ്ധമായി, സന്നദ്ധ, തയ്യാറായിരിക്കുന്ന, ഉടൻ എടുക്കത്തക്കനിലയിൽ, യഥാസ്ഥാനത്തായ, നിലയുറപ്പിച്ച

Examples of at the ready in a sentence

  • Counselors remain at the ready to talk it over with you.
  • Officers are at the ready and awaiting commands.
  • The team is at the ready for your go-ahead.

Questions about at the ready

What does at the ready mean?
At the ready means ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation.
What is at the ready in Malayalam?
At the ready in Malayalam is പ്രവർത്തനസന്നദ്ധമായി, സന്നദ്ധ, തയ്യാറായിരിക്കുന്ന. See At the ready meaning in Malayalam.
How do you use at the ready in a sentence?
Counselors remain at the ready to talk it over with you.
What part of speech is at the ready?
At the ready is a prepositional phrase.

Words near at the ready in the dictionary

  1. at the nick of time
  2. at the outset
  3. at the outside
  4. at the point of
  5. at the races
  6. at the ready
  7. at the receiving end
  8. at the risk of
  9. at the same time
  10. at the sight of
  11. at the soonest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: at the ready (page history and authors); at the ready (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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