Definition of Readiness

1. Noun. The state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action). "Their preparation was more than adequate"

Exact synonyms: Preparation, Preparedness
Generic synonyms: State
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Specialized synonyms: Ready, Alert, Qui Vive
Attributes: Ready, Unready
Derivative terms: Prepare, Prepared, Prepared, Ready

2. Noun. Prompt willingness. "He tried to explain his forwardness in battle"
Exact synonyms: Eagerness, Forwardness, Zeal
Generic synonyms: Willingness

3. Noun. (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way. "His instructions deliberately gave them the wrong set"
Exact synonyms: Set
Generic synonyms: Cognitive State, State Of Mind
Category relationships: Psychological Science, Psychology
Derivative terms: Set, Set

4. Noun. A natural effortlessness. "A happy readiness of conversation"
Exact synonyms: Facility
Generic synonyms: Effortlessness
Derivative terms: Facile, Ready

Definition of Readiness

1. n. The state or quality of being ready; preparation; promptness; aptitude; willingness.

Definition of Readiness

1. Noun. the state or degree of being ready ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Readiness

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Readiness

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readerly
readers
readership
readerships
readest
readeth
readibility
readie
readied
readier
readies
readiest
readily
readin'
readiness (current term)
readinesses
reading
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reading clinic
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reading desk
reading frame
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reading lamp
reading material
reading out
reading program
reading room

Literary usage of Readiness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1913)
"(2) Neither party to a contract can demand performance by the other without alleging and proving his own readiness to perform his part of the contract at ..."

2. Educational Psychology: Briefer Course by Edward Lee Thorndike (1914)
"9 THE PRINCIPLE OF readiness Successful operation can in fact be satisfactorily denned, and what will originally satisfy and annoy can be safely predicted, ..."

3. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve (1899)
"... readiness and More Taste for General Ideas Than Their Forefathers, the English THE Deity does not regard the human race collectively. ..."

4. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve, John Canfield Spencer (1848)
"WHY THE AMERICANS DISPLAY MORE readiness AND MORE TASTE FOE GENERAL IDEAS THAN THEIR FOREFATHERS THE ENGLISH. THE Deity does not regard the human race ..."

5. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve (1899)
"... Display More readiness and More Taste for General Ideas Than Their Forefathers, the English THE Deity does not regard the human race collectively. ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"It oxidizes in the air with great readiness, a freshly cut surface becoming almost instantly covered with a film of oxide. It also decomposes water ..."

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