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yare.

Ready; prepared.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/jɛː/Received-Pronunciation/jɛɹ/General-American/jeːɹ/Scotland/jeː/Australia
  1. Ready; prepared.

    archaic
  2. Ready, alert, prepared, prompt.

    UK · dialectal
  3. Eager, keen, lively, handy; agile, nimble.

  4. Easily manageable and responsive to the helm; yar.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English yare, ȝare, from Old English ġearu (“prepared, ready, prompt, equipped, complete, finished, yare”), from Proto-West Germanic *garu, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz (“ready”). Cognate with Dutch gaar (“done, well-cooked”), German gar (“done, well-cooked; wholly, at all”), Icelandic görr, ger (“perfect”).

adv/jɛː/Received-Pronunciation/jɛɹ/General-American/jeːɹ/Scotland/jeː/Australia
  1. Yarely.

    archaic
Where this word comes from

From Middle English yare, ȝare, from Old English ġearu (“prepared, ready, prompt, equipped, complete, finished, yare”), from Proto-West Germanic *garu, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz (“ready”). Cognate with Dutch gaar (“done, well-cooked”), German gar (“done, well-cooked; wholly, at all”), Icelandic görr, ger (“perfect”).

noun
  1. Alternative form of yair.

    alt-of · alternative
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