adj
Meaning 1
Ready; prepared.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Standard Lemma guide
yare
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /jɛː/
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General-American: /jɛɹ/
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Scotland: /jeːɹ/
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Australian: /jeː/
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New-Zealand: /ˈjeə/ without the cheer–chair merger
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/ˈjiə/ New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
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/ˈjɜː(ɹ)/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
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rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)
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homophone: yair
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homophone: year (cheer–chair merger)
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/jɛə(ɹ)/
adj
Meaning 2
Ready, alert, prepared, prompt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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adj
Meaning 3
Eager, keen, lively, handy; agile, nimble.
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adj
Meaning 4
Easily manageable and responsive to the helm; yar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
Examples
- c. 1587-1612 (undated), Sir Walter Raleigh, letter to Prince Henry The lesser [ship] will come and go, leave or take, and is yare; whereas the greater is slow.
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adv
Meaning 5
Yarely.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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name
Meaning 6
A river in Norfolk, England, which flows into the North Sea at Great Yarmouth.
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noun
Meaning 7
Alternative form of yair.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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History
Etymology
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”).
Of Anglo-Celtic origin, the name probably means "babbling brook," from a Celtic base *gar- (“noisy, chattering”), probably related to Proto-Germanic *karō (“complaint, moan”) and Latin garrio (“to babble, chatter”).
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Russian: гото́вый (gotóvyj) — ready, prepared
- Russian: подгото́вленный (podgotóvlennyj) — ready, prepared