at the ready en · ADP
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) Ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation.
Counselors remain at the ready to talk it over with you.
The team is at the ready for your go-ahead.
The soldiers held their rifles at the ready and listened for the enemy.
Her apartment is filled with evidence of a furiously busy creative life: […] a laptop perched on a crate atop the dining table; lyric revisions in notebooks on a music stand by an ever-at-the-ready guitar.
2022 October 5, Michael Paulson, “Suzan-Lori Parks Is on Broadway, Off Broadway and Everywhere Else”, in The New York Times:Officers are at the ready and awaiting commands.
The soldiers were at the ready.
Translations (19)
es al pie del cañón (ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation) · pt a postos (ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation) · uk напогото́ві (ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation) · gl pronto (ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation) · ca a punt (ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation) · pl w pogotowiu (ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation) · ro la îndemână (ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation) · da med parat/klar (genstand/våben) (ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation) · pt aposto (ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation) · ca al peu del canó (ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation) · es a punto (ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation) · pt de prontidão (ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation) · fi valmiina (ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation) · ru нагото́ве (ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation) · pl w gotowości (ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation) · hu készenlétben (ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation) · fr en joue (ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation) · cmn 已準備好的 /已准备好的 (ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation) · ro pregătit (ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation)