readying

1. 1.

   the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose

   “preparations for the ceremony had begun”

   Synonymspreparation

   Broaderactivity

   Narrowerfire controlwarm updeploymentgroundworkmakereadyprimingplanningturnaroundwarm-up

Other forms of readying

plural

readyings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about readying

What does readying mean?

readying means "the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose".

How many syllables are in readying?

readying has 3 syllables: re-a-dying. The stress falls on "re". In IPA it is /ˈɹɛdiɪŋ/.

What is another word for readying?

Close synonyms include preparation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is readying a common word?

readying is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.