READYING Synonyms: 143 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in preparing

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noun

as in preparation

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verb

present participle of ready

as in equipping

to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function this advanced course should ready him for college

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as in prepping

to make ready in advance we can ready the desserts for the party a day in advance

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as in bracing

to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally the basketball players sat quietly in the locker room, readying themselves for the final game of the season

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The city is readying itself for the future, and the renovations at the Park Hyatt Milan feel aligned with that project. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2026 The Pentagon is readying a new round of major combat operations targeting Iranian energy, infrastructure, and nuclear targets, Axios reported. — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026 The Comet Is Coming, a breakout Shabaka project and key influence on London jazz in the 2010s, are readying a 10th anniversary reissue of their debut album, Channel the Spirits. — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 6 Oct. 2026 The Naval Air Warfare Centrutae Weapons Division in China Lake is readying a five-year engineering support contract worth up to $100 million for the ARCHER program — short for Advanced Requirements Characterisation, Engineering and Representation. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026 Russian fear-mongering stokes fears of military escalation Officials, led by Ukraine’s president, warned that Russia appeared to be readying military escalation against Kyiv and Europe more broadly. — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026 Last month, a judge denied Anthony's motion for a new trial, though the family is readying another appeal. — James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026 The city’s public works department has already activated its long-standing checklist for winter preparations, which includes being proactive about clearing storm drains, inlets and channels, and readying sandbags at about 30 flood-prone locations. — Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2026 After suffering through a post-pandemic downturn, the gaming industry is readying an onslaught of fall releases in the hopes of turning the sector back toward growth. — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026

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Noun

Additional investments in chemical processing, fairing preparation, tooling, and storage will support the movement of hardware through the manufacturing process.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
The breach caused the company, Instructure, to temporarily take Canvas offline and interrupted classes, assignments and finals preparations for hundreds of thousands of students and professors as hackers threatened to release their personal data.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of preparation

Verb

The decline came as crews began inspecting power lines and preparing to restore service in communities that had been without electricity since Wednesday evening.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Continue reading … CHEF'S DEFENSE — Supreme Court to decide whether preparing meals for terrorists can bar asylum.

— , FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of preparing

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Investors are bracing for the Federal Reserve to again hike interest rates after the Labor Department said Wednesday that consumer prices rose more in September than economists had expected.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2026
And for months, Hollywood has been bracing itself for the inevitable thousands of layoffs that will come out of the Skydance merger.

— Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of bracing

Noun

With zero acting gigs on the horizon and weary of taking handouts from Tori, Trina returns to Hollywood Arts for a substitute teaching position.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
Kayla Safdari Flores works two jobs over and above pursuing a teaching credential program at Sacramento State.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of teaching

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Its modular design is intended to support installation in field environments, potentially simplifying the process of equipping vehicles with robotic capabilities.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
Costs would cover the design, construction, furnishing and equipping of the facility.

— Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of equipping

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City officials have been frantically preparing for Rachel, building sand berms and fortifying vulnerable areas with sandbags.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
CISOs invested billions of dollars fortifying corporate inboxes with secure email gateways (SEGs), enforcing strict DMARC policies and conducting continuous phishing simulations for employees.

— Firas Azmeh, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of fortifying

Noun

Although Merlot is included in this first vintage, Alessandro hints that the blend may change over time, as cultivation of Merlot has become challenging as growing conditions have evolved with climate change.

— Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2026
The bear-resistant container was invented to arrest the inadvertent cultivation of problem bears.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of cultivation

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While a credit card advertising a 0% APR generally does not charge interest on qualifying purchases or balance transfers for a period of time, there is a lot of fine print to read.

— Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 14 Oct. 2026
The latest forecast includes approximately 5,500 customers enrolled in PG&E’s Medical Baseline program, which serves people with qualifying medical needs, and areas associated with six tribal governments.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026

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