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Definition of Readying
1. Noun. The activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose. "Preparations for the ceremony had begun"
Specialized synonyms: Fire Control, Deployment, Groundwork, Makeready, Priming, Planning, Turnaround, Turnround, Prolusion, Tune-up, Warm-up
Generic synonyms: Activity
Derivative terms: Prepare, Ready
Definition of Readying
1. Verb. (present participle of ready) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Readying
1. ready [v] - See also: ready
Lexicographical Neighbors of Readying
Literary usage of Readying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Drugs of Abuse (1996) edited by Carol Gibson (1996)
"Chapter 7 readying FOR THE STORM As 15 January 1991 approached, the last hopes
for peace evaporated in an atmosphere of mutual recriminations. ..."
2. The Law Relating to the Salmon Fisheries of England and Wales, as Amended by by John William Willis Bund (1873)
"The readying stake being five feet long, while the net was six feet deep; the
net, when kept erect, formed a kind of bag, and received the fish as they were ..."
3. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"Do you mean to say that you don't know what was meant by readying Success?
— Of course 1 know what it means. It means pulling. ..."
4. Ecclesiastical Biography: Or, Lives of Eminent Men, Connected with the by Christopher Wordsworth (1839)
"There shall be no readying' (sayth he) ' for the tyme of God's mce.' As though
their vayne, idle and blasphemous superstitions were only Gods sen-ice, ..."
5. Ecclesiastical Biography: Or, Lives of Eminent Men, Connected with the by Christopher Wordsworth (1853)
"There shall be no readying ' (sayth he) ' for the tyme of God's service.'
As though their vayne, idle and blasphemous superstitions were only Gods service, ..."
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