Ready and Set

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

Usage example: after studying for months, she felt ready for the bar exam

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Set is a synonym for ready in prepared topic. In some cases you can use "Set" instead the word "Ready" as an adjective or a verb or a preposition, when it comes to topics like property, state, prime, prepare.

Nearby Words: readiness, readily, readying, readied

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

Usage example: we're all set to go

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Ready is a synonym for set in prepared topic. You can use "Ready" instead the word "Set" as an adjective or a verb or a preposition.

Nearby Words: setup, setting

point	ready point	set point
place	ready place	set place
plan	ready plan	set plan
level	ready level	set level
Other words: world, game, ship, differences.

All throughout the movie she talks with A-list members of the scene, and is ready and set to become a star.

Source: Single Woman Seeks Good Man
Crazy-Prepared: When you're getting ready to harvest Adam or fight a big sister, you can set up a lot of booby traps beforehand for the bad guys to fall into.

Source: Video Game / BioShock 2
What's more, the set wasn't ready next week, so they did the entire show with two desks made from orange crates and soapboxes.

Source: Trash the Set

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