"readiness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɹɛd.i.nəs/ Forms: readinesses [plural]
Rhymes: -ˈɛd.i.nəs Etymology: ready + -ness Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|ready|ness}} ready + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} readiness (usually uncountable, plural readinesses)
  1. The state or degree of being ready; preparedness. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (state or degree of being ready): պատրաստակամություն (patrastakamutʻyun) (Armenian), պատրաստություն (patrastutʻyun) (Armenian), гато́ўнасць (hatóŭnascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), гато́ўнасьць (hatóŭnasʹcʹ) [Taraškievica, feminine] (Belarusian), гато́васць (hatóvascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), гато́васьць (hatóvasʹcʹ) [Taraškievica, feminine] (Belarusian), гото́вност (gotóvnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), připravenost [feminine] (Czech), preteco (Esperanto), valmidus (Estonian), valmius (Finnish), préparation [feminine] (French), Bereitschaft [feminine] (German), 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐍃 (muns) [masculine] (Gothic), 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍅𐌹𐌸𐌰 (manwiþa) [feminine] (Gothic), מוּכָנוּת (mukhanút) [feminine] (Hebrew), készenlét (Hungarian), készültség (Hungarian), innealtacht [feminine] (Irish), éascaíocht [feminine] (Irish), oirchill [feminine] (Irish), promptus [masculine] (Latin), appeeys (note: of fruit) [masculine] (Manx), arryltid [masculine] (Manx), arryltys [masculine] (Manx), appeeid (note: of fruit) [masculine] (Manx), beredskap [masculine, neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), beredskap [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), gotowość [feminine] (Polish), prontidão [feminine] (Portuguese), гото́вность (gotóvnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), pripravenosť [feminine] (Slovak), preparación [feminine] (Spanish), beredskap [common-gender] (Swedish), гото́вність (hotóvnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), гото́вість (hotóvistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-readiness-en-noun-dtZoU3pk Disambiguation of 'state or degree of being ready': 96 4
  2. Willingness. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-readiness-en-noun-31rcqdvK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 17 83

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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "appeeid"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "state or degree of being ready",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "beredskap"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "state or degree of being ready",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "beredskap"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "state or degree of being ready",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gotowość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "state or degree of being ready",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prontidão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gotóvnostʹ",
      "sense": "state or degree of being ready",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гото́вность"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "state or degree of being ready",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pripravenosť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "state or degree of being ready",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "preparación"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "state or degree of being ready",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "beredskap"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hotóvnistʹ",
      "sense": "state or degree of being ready",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гото́вність"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hotóvistʹ",
      "sense": "state or degree of being ready",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гото́вість"
    }
  ],
  "word": "readiness"
}

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