Tra từ ready - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

planning and organizing INTEND/PLAN
- able to do sth or to be used: ready (for sb/sth), ready (to do sth)
Dinner's ready! ◎ We have repaired your car and it's ready for you to collect. ◎ I'm not really ready for this exam - I just haven't done enough work. ◎ Are you ready to go?
- ready, prepared or likely to do sth: all set (for sth/to do sth)
I'm all set - let's go! ◎ We were all set to leave when the rain started.
- ready for sth difficult or unpleasant: prepared for sth; opposite: unprepared (for sth)
I certainly wasn't prepared for what happened next! ◎ I was quite unprepared for such an experience. ◎ I did badly in the exam because I was unprepared.
- to be ready in case of a problem: be on the safe side
It doesn't look like rain, but let's take an umbrella to be on the safe side.
※ getting ready
- to become ready: get* ready (for sth), (more formal) prepare (for sth)
Why does it take you so long to get ready to go out? ◎ The children are getting ready for bed.
- to make sb/sth ready: get* sb/sth ready (for sth), (more formal) prepare sb/sth (for sth)
She got the tea ready in five minutes. ◎ to prepare a speech ◎ to prepare yourself for a shock
- to make preparations for sth in the future: arrange sth, arrange (for sb/sth) (to do sth), organize sth
Have you arranged your holidays yet? ◎ She had arranged for a taxi to collect us from the airport. ◎ They arranged to meet at six o'clock.
- the act of getting a thing or person ready: preparation (noun U)
He failed the exam because he hadn't done enough preparation. ◎ We tidied the spare room in preparation for her visit.
- done in order to get ready for sth: preparatory
preparatory meetings/talks
- what you do to get ready for sth: preparations (for sth) (noun plural), arrangements (for sth) (noun plural)
We'll soon have to start making preparations for the end of term. ◎ Preparations for a big celebration have already begun. ◎ Will you make the necessary arrangements for my trip to London?
- the action you take in order to avoid danger or problems: precaution (often plural)
to take precautions ◎ safety precautions