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Meaning of at the ready | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Català a punt al peu del canó
Deutsch Gewehr bei Fuß
Español a punto al pie del cañón
Suomi valmiina
Français en joue
Galego pronto
Magyar készenlétben
Polski w gotowości w gotowości w gotowości w pogotowiu
Português a postos aposto de prontidão
Română pregătit
Русский наготове
Svenska i högsta hugg
Українська напоготові

Examples

“The soldiers held their rifles at the ready and listened for the enemy.”
“The soldiers' rifles were at the ready.”
“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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

at the same time at the soonest at the tail at the time at the top of one's game at the top of one's lungs

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