Old and Ready

Old

Old adjective - Being of advanced years and especially past middle age.

Ready and old are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ready" instead an adjective "Old".

Nearby Words: oldie, olden, oldish

Ready

Ready adjective - Being in a state of fitness for some experience or action.

Old and ready are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Old" instead an adjective "Ready".

Nearby Words: readiness, readily, readying, readied

Both words in one sentence

  • Chess with Death The third brother had won a cloak of invisibility, which he used to "hide" from death until he was old and ready to "welcome Death as an old friend".
  • Grow Old with Me Ryoko and Ayeka are ready to strangle the poor cop while Sasami sighs out that she wanted to grow old with him.
  • Series / Aquí no hay quien viva Ready for Lovemaking: At a point of the series Emilio temporarily stops being the doorkeeper and as his replacement comes Amador, an old, soft-spoken man.
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