"promptness" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpɹɒmptnəs/ Forms: promptnesses [plural]
Etymology: prompt + -ness Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|prompt|ness}} prompt + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} promptness (usually uncountable, plural promptnesses)
  1. The habit or characteristic of doing things without delay. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms (habit of doing things with out delay): alacrity, promptitude Translations (the habit or characteristic of doing things without delay): akurateco (Esperanto), Schnelligkeit [feminine] (German), Promptheit [feminine] (German), éascaíocht [feminine] (Irish), prontitud [feminine] (Spanish), presteza (Spanish), hagol (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-promptness-en-noun-m2~CxT5k Disambiguation of 'habit of doing things with out delay': 72 28 Disambiguation of 'the habit or characteristic of doing things without delay': 90 10
  2. The habit of adhering to a designated time. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms (habit of adhering to a designated time): punctuality Translations (the habit of adhering to a designated time): Pünktlichkeit [feminine] (German), puntualidad [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-promptness-en-noun-omrXgZww Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 32 68 Disambiguation of 'habit of adhering to a designated time': 11 89 Disambiguation of 'the habit of adhering to a designated time': 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: timeliness, punctuality

Inflected forms

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