readiness

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˈrɛdiːnəs/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    The state or quality of being fully prepared or equipped for a particular purpose, task, or situation.; Willingness or eagerness to do something; prompt inclination.; Quickness or facility in action or response; promptness.; The condition of being completed or finished and available for use.; In developmental psychology, the point at which a child has acquired the necessary physical, cognitive, or emotional maturity to learn a particular skill.

🔗 Details

Word forms

uncountable

Collocations

combat readinessoperational readinessstate of readinessreadiness levelreadiness to learnmarket readiness

Derivatives

readyreadilyready-madeready-made

Synonyms

preparednesswillingnesseagernessalertnessalacrity

Antonyms

unpreparednessreluctanceunwillingness

Commonly confused

preparedness
EN: 'Preparedness' emphasizes practical preparation and arrangements made; 'readiness' emphasizes the state of being prepared and willing to act.
willingness
EN: 'Willingness' focuses on desire or consent to do something; 'readiness' focuses on the state of being fully prepared and able to act.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember the double 's' at the end: 'ready' drops the 'y' and adds '-iness' to form 'readiness'.

💬 Examples

  1. The military maintained a high state of readiness throughout the crisis.

  2. She showed a readiness to help anyone who asked.

  3. His readiness of wit made him an excellent debater.

  4. The software update is still in development and not yet at readiness for deployment.

  5. Reading readiness is typically assessed before children enter formal schooling.