# yare

> English word · Adjective · IPA /jɛː/ · frequency rank #82,946

## Definitions
1. Ready; prepared.
2. Ready, alert, prepared, prompt.
3. Eager, keen, lively, handy; agile, nimble.
4. Easily manageable and responsive to the helm; yar.

## 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, gerr (“perfect”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/yare