Ready has 12 different meanings across 4 categories:
Noun · Verb · Adjective · Proper Noun
ready money; cash
"The shopkeeper refused to take a check and demanded payment in ready money."
"The food is ready to eat."
To prepare; to make ready for action.
"The team spent hours getting all their equipment ready before the storm hit."
In plain English: To get ready means to prepare yourself for something that is about to happen.
"The team will be ready to play tomorrow afternoon."
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
"get ready"
"she is ready to resign"
"the bridge is ready to collapse"
"I am ready to work"
"ready for action"
"ready for use"
"the soup will be ready in a minute"
"ready to learn to read"
(of especially money) immediately available
"he seems to have ample ready money"
"a ready source of cash"
Prepared for immediate action or use.
"The pilot confirmed that all systems were ready for takeoff before pushing back from the gate."
In plain English: Ready means being prepared to do something right now.
"The dinner is finally ready to eat."
Usage: Use ready to indicate that someone or something has finished preparing and can act immediately, often implying eagerness as in "I'm ready." It differs from willing by focusing on the completion of preparation rather than just a lack of objection.
A surname.
"The new manager, Mr. Ready, introduced himself to the team at the morning meeting."
The word "ready" comes from Old English words meaning prepared or skilled. It entered Middle English as an alteration of earlier forms that originally described someone who was mounted on a horse or made comfortable.