readiness

English

Etymology

ready +‎ -ness

Noun

readiness (usually uncountable, plural readinesses)

1. The state or degree of being ready; preparedness.
   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 5, in The Celebrity:

     We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine. We passed on the way the van of the guests from Asquith.

2. Willingness.

Translations

state or degree of being ready

• Armenian: պատրաստակամություն (hy) (patrastakamutʻyun), պատրաստություն (hy) (patrastutʻyun)
• Bulgarian: гото̀вност (bg) f (gotòvnost)
• Czech: připravenost f
• Esperanto: preteco
• Estonian: valmidus
• Finnish: valmius (fi)
• French: préparation (fr) f
• German: Bereitschaft (de) f
• Hebrew: מוּכָנוּת f (mukhanút)
• Hungarian: készenlét (hu)
• Irish: innealtacht f, éascaíocht f, oirchill f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: beredskap (no) m or n

  Nynorsk: beredskap m

• Polish: gotowość (pl) f
• Portuguese: prontidão (pt) f
• Russian: гото́вность (ru) f (gotóvnostʹ)
• Spanish: preparación (es) f
• Swedish: beredskap (sv) c

Anagrams

• arsenides, nearsides