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set

 
/set/ adj [not gradable] (READY)

Definition

with everything arranged; ready: [+ to infinitive] Katy is set to go to college in September. Is everything all set for the party?
(Definition of set adj (READY) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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