"get ready" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: get readies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} get ready (plural get readies)
  1. Alternative form of get-ready. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: get-ready
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Verb [English]

Forms: gets ready [present, singular, third-person], getting ready [participle, present], got ready [past], got ready [UK, participle, past], gotten ready [US, participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀>}} get ready (third-person singular simple present gets ready, present participle getting ready, simple past got ready, past participle (UK) got ready or (US) gotten ready)
  1. (transitive) To prepare; to make ready or prepared. Tags: transitive Derived forms: get-ready Translations (to make ready or prepare): ᎠᏛᏅᎢᏍᏗᎭ (advnvisdiha) (Cherokee), prepari (Esperanto), pretigi (Esperanto), valmistuma (Estonian), valmistella (Finnish), laittaa valmiiksi (Finnish), rendre disponible (French), disponibiliser (French), préparer (French), se préparer (French), bereit machen (German), fertig machen (German), klar machen (German), vorbereiten (German), bersiap-siap (Indonesian), ត្រៀម (triəm) (Khmer), parō (Latin), manomana (Malagasy), bersiap sedia (Malay), se preparar (Occitan), preparar (Occitan), szykować się [imperfective] (Polish), naszykować się [perfective] (Polish), przygotowywać się [imperfective] (Polish), przygotować się [perfective] (Polish), wakichikuy (Quechua), arreglar (Spanish), preparar (Spanish), acondicionar (Spanish), disponer (Spanish), alistar (Spanish), เตรียมพร้อม (dtriiam-prɔ́ɔm) (Thai), chuẩn bị (Vietnamese)
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  2. (intransitive) To prepare; to make oneself prepared. Tags: intransitive Synonyms: gear up
    Sense id: en-get_ready-en-verb-Q2OZPQyx Categories (other): English predicates Disambiguation of English predicates: 35 35 30

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To prepare; to make ready or prepared."
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          "text": "Get ready for the most thrilling experience of your life!",
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        "To prepare; to make oneself prepared."
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        "(intransitive) To prepare; to make oneself prepared."
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      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
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      "roman": "advnvisdiha",
      "sense": "to make ready or prepare",
      "word": "ᎠᏛᏅᎢᏍᏗᎭ"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "to make ready or prepare",
      "word": "prepari"
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      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "to make ready or prepare",
      "word": "pretigi"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "lang_code": "et",
      "sense": "to make ready or prepare",
      "word": "valmistuma"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "to make ready or prepare",
      "word": "valmistella"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "to make ready or prepare",
      "word": "laittaa valmiiksi"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "to make ready or prepare",
      "word": "rendre disponible"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "to make ready or prepare",
      "word": "disponibiliser"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
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      "sense": "to make ready or prepare",
      "word": "préparer"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
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      "sense": "to make ready or prepare",
      "word": "se préparer"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "sense": "to make ready or prepare",
      "word": "bereit machen"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to make ready or prepare",
      "word": "fertig machen"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to make ready or prepare",
      "word": "klar machen"
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      "sense": "to make ready or prepare",
      "word": "vorbereiten"
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      "code": "id",
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      "lang_code": "id",
      "sense": "to make ready or prepare",
      "word": "bersiap-siap"
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      "code": "km",
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      "roman": "triəm",
      "sense": "to make ready or prepare",
      "word": "ត្រៀម"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "to make ready or prepare",
      "word": "parō"
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      "code": "mg",
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      "sense": "to make ready or prepare",
      "word": "manomana"
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      "code": "ms",
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      "sense": "to make ready or prepare",
      "word": "bersiap sedia"
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      "code": "oc",
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      "sense": "to make ready or prepare",
      "word": "se preparar"
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      "sense": "to make ready or prepare",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
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      "sense": "to make ready or prepare",
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      "word": "szykować się"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "to make ready or prepare",
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      "word": "naszykować się"
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      "sense": "to make ready or prepare",
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      "word": "przygotowywać się"
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      "sense": "to make ready or prepare",
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      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "lang_code": "qu",
      "sense": "to make ready or prepare",
      "word": "wakichikuy"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to make ready or prepare",
      "word": "arreglar"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
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      "word": "preparar"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to make ready or prepare",
      "word": "acondicionar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to make ready or prepare",
      "word": "disponer"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to make ready or prepare",
      "word": "alistar"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "roman": "dtriiam-prɔ́ɔm",
      "sense": "to make ready or prepare",
      "word": "เตรียมพร้อม"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "to make ready or prepare",
      "word": "chuẩn bị"
    }
  ],
  "word": "get ready"
}

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          "text": "No set-ups, get readies or moves to learn.",
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          "ref": "1999 August 23, Cardican, “D.L's.”, in alt.magic (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Apr 2026:",
          "text": "That \"push off\" is very nice. However, I read an item where Darwin Ortiz uses a \"Pinky Count\" as the get ready. Better, do you think?",
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          "ref": "2003 July 13, J.D. Campbell, “Ananda Insults America on July 4th”, in alt.yoga (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Apr 2026:",
          "text": "You know i just dont think you could be too mean too long your insults actually are get readies and truthfully i have a large smile at how little you know FULL MOON FAST MATING...",
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          "ref": "2011 December 27, Ken Jacuzzi with Diane Holloway, “This Is Your Life, Ken Jacuzzi!”, in Jacuzzi: A Father’s Invention to Ease a Son’s Pain, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, →ISBN, part III (Learning, Marriage, and Stuff), page 385:",
          "text": "Near bedtime, about 10 p.m. or so, I sit on the pot. My “routine” is at night so as to shorten the morning get readies and start work on time. Sometimes the p.m. pot routine is successful, sometimes not. I can only blame myself, of course, when the big event doesn’t occur. I need to drink more water during the day.",
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