Done vs. Ready — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Done and Ready
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Done
Past participle of do1.
Ready
Prepared or available for service, action, or progress
I am ready to work. The soup will be ready in a minute. The pupils are ready to learn to read.
Done
Having been carried out or accomplished; finished
A done deed.
Ready
Mentally disposed; willing
He was ready to believe her.
Done
Cooked adequately.
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Ready
Likely or about to do something
She is ready to retire.
Done
Socially acceptable
Spitting on the street is just not done in polite society.
Ready
Prompt in apprehending or reacting
A ready intelligence.
A ready response.
Done
(Informal) Totally worn out; exhausted.
Ready
Available
Ready money.
Done
Having completed or finished an activity.
He pushed his empty plate away, sighed and pronounced "I am done."
They were done playing and were picking up the toys when he arrived.
Ready
To cause to be ready.
Done
(of an activity or task) Completed or finished.
I'll text you when the movie's done.
Ready
Prepared for immediate action or use.
The troops are ready for battle.
The porridge is ready to serve.
Done
(of food) Ready, fully cooked.
As soon as the potatoes are done we can sit down and eat.
Ready
Inclined; apt to happen.
Done
Being exhausted or fully spent.
When the water is done we will only be able to go on for a few days.
Ready
Liable at any moment.
The seed is ready to sprout.
Done
Without hope or prospect of completion or success.
He is done, after three falls there is no chance he will be able to finish.
Ready
Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind.
A ready apprehension
Ready wit
A ready writer or workman
Done
Fashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful.
I can't believe he just walked up and spoke to her like that, those kind of things just aren't done!
What is the done thing these days? I can't keep up!
Ready
Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient.
Done
Inflection of do
I have done my work.
Ready
(transitive) To prepare; to make ready for action.
Done
; did.
Ready
(slang) ready money; cash
Done
Used in forming the perfective aspect; have.
I woke up and found out she done left.
Ready
Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement or action; as, the troops are ready to march; ready for the journey.
Done
(obsolete) do
Ready
Fitted or arranged for immediate use; causing no delay for lack of being prepared or furnished.
My oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
Done
(slang) methadone
On the done
Ready
Prepared in mind or disposition; not reluctant; willing; free; inclined; disposed.
I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus.
If need be, I am ready to foregoAnd quit.
Done
It is done or agreed; let it be a match or bargain; - used elliptically.
Ready
Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind; dexterous; prompt; easy; expert; as, a ready apprehension; ready wit; a ready writer or workman.
Gurth, whose temper was ready, though surly.
Done
Given; executed; issued; made public; - used chiefly in the clause giving the date of a proclamation or public act.
Ready
Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient; near; easy.
A sapling pine he wrenched from out the ground,The readiest weapon that his fury found.
Done
Having finished or arrived at completion;
Certain to make history before he's done
It's a done deed
After the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up
Almost through with his studies
Ready
On the point; about; on the brink; near; - with a following infinitive.
My heart is ready to crack.
Done
Cooked until ready to serve
Ready
A word of command, or a position, in the manual of arms, at which the piece is cocked and held in position to execute promptly the next command, which is, aim.
Ready
In a state of preparation for immediate action; so as to need no delay.
We ourselves will go ready armed.
Ready
Ready money; cash; - commonly with the; as, he was well supplied with the ready.
Lord Strut was not flush in ready, either to go to law, or to clear old debts.
Ready
To dispose in order.
Ready
Poised for action;
Their guns were at the ready
Ready
Prepare for eating by applying heat;
Cook me dinner, please
Can you make me an omelette?
Fix breakfast for the guests, please
Ready
Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc;
Get the children ready for school!
Prepare for war
I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill
Ready
Completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress;
Get ready
She is ready to resign
The bridge is ready to collapse
I am ready to work
Ready for action
Ready for use
The soup will be ready in a minute
Ready to learn to read
Ready
(of especially money) immediately available;
He seems to have ample ready money
A ready source of cash
Ready
Mentally disposed;
He was ready to believe her
Ready
Brought into readiness;
Dinner is ready
Ready
Apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity;
A quick mind
A ready wit
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