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ready

 
 
/ˈredi/ adjective

Translation

PREPARED [never before noun] prepared for doing something
hazır
Give me a call when you're ready. [+ to do sth] Are you ready to go yet? We're going at eight, so you've got an hour to get ready. The army was ready for action.1914
AVAILABLE [never before noun] prepared and available to be eaten, drunk, used, etc
yenilmeye/kullanıma/içilmeye hazır
Is dinner ready? They're building new offices, but they won't be ready till next year. When will the book be ready for publication?18241914
be ready to do sth to be willing to do something
yapmaya hazır/istekli olmak
We are ready to die for our country. → See also rough and ready1914
(Definition of ready adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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