ready (for action)
21ready — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. prepared, available, handy; prompt, quick; apt, ingenious; alert; ripe. See utility, preparation, skill, earliness, expectation.Ant., unprepared, slow. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Prompt] Syn. quick …
22ready — 1. adjective /ˈɹɛdi/ a) Prepared for immediate action or use. The troops are ready for battle. b) Inclined; apt to happen. The seed is ready to sprout. Syn: good to go 2 …
23action — n. & v. n. 1 the fact or process of doing or acting (demanded action; put ideas into action). 2 forcefulness or energy as a characteristic (a woman of action). 3 the exertion of energy or influence (the action of acid on metal). 4 something done; …
24Action of 9 August 2008 — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Action off Abkhazia caption=Russian guided missile cruiser Moskva . partof=2008 South Ossetia War date=August 9, 2008Fact|date=September 2008 place=Black Sea off Abkhazia, Georgia result= Russian victory… …
25Action Pact (album) — Infobox Album | Name = Action Pact Type = Album Artist = Sloan Released = August 19, 2003 Recorded = February April, 2003 Genre = Rock Length = 38:47 Label = RCA Producer = Tom Rothrock Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5… …
26Action of 22 August 1696 — This indecisive battle took place on 22 August 1696 southeast of the Greek island of Andros. It was fought between the Republic of Venice, under Contarini, and the Papal States on one side and the Ottoman Empire, under Mezzo Morto Hüseyin Pasha,… …
27action stations — interjection used to order soldiers etc to go to their positions ready for battle …
28Abraham Lincoln: A Program for Reconstruction — ▪ Primary Source In his third annual message to Congress on December 8, 1863, Lincoln for the first time presented a program for Reconstruction, a plan marked by considerable leniency. The message was preceded on the same day by a… …
29For One More Day — is a 2006 novel taken place during the mid 1900 s by the acclaimed sportswriter and author Mitch Albom. It opens with the novel s protagonist planning to commit suicide. His adulthood is shown to have been rife with sadness. His own daughter didn …
30Ready — Read y (r[e^]d [y^]), adv. In a state of preparation for immediate action; so as to need no delay. [1913 Webster] We ourselves will go ready armed. Num. xxxii. 17. [1913 Webster] …
