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readying

readying is the present participle and gerund of ready.

Meaning of ready

Verb

ready (third-person singular simple present readies, present participle readying, simple past and past participle readied)

  1. (transitive) To prepare; to make ready for action.
    • Immigration agents in military green surrounded MacArthur Park as the convoy readied for a show of force akin to a Hollywood movie.2025 July 7, Melissa Gomez, Rachel Uranga and Brittny Mejia, “Heavily armed immigration agents descend on L.A.’s MacArthur Park”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 08 Jul 2025
    Synonyms:
    yark, prime

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Phrases with readying

Questions about readying

What is readying the present participle and gerund of?
Readying is the present participle and gerund of ready.

Words near readying in the dictionary

  1. ready-reckoners
  2. ready-to-drink
  3. ready-to-drinks
  4. ready-to-wear
  5. readyhanded
  6. readying
  7. readying up
  8. readymade
  9. readymades
  10. readymix
  11. readyprint

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Adapted from Wiktionary: readying (page history and authors); ready (page history and authors). 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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