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readier

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Noun pluralreadiers

2 meanings of readier

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  1. 1
    adjective
    Comparative of ready.

    With months of practice behind them, the team grew readier for the championship.

    Veteran climbers are usually readier for sudden weather changes than beginners.

    Note

    The -er comparative of a two-syllable adjective, with the final y turning to i, just as happy gives happier. More ready is equally correct. It compares every adjectival use of ready (prepared, inclined, quick, at hand), so both readier for the match and a readier wit work. The same spelling also names a person or thing, the noun for one who prepares, which takes a plural, readiers.

  2. 2
    nouncountable
    A person or thing that prepares something or makes it ready for use.

    Like a stagehand who arranges everything backstage before the curtain rises.

    The theater's readier inspected the set and props before every performance.

    Hospital readiers prepare each surgical tray to exact specifications.

    Similarpreparer

readier is a form of ready

ready, adjective: Prepared and able to be used or to act without delay. Full entry

Forms
readyreadier comparativereadiest superlative
Spelling
ready → readier: change y to i, add -er

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