What does readiness mean
definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
Examples of readiness
readiness
Readiness levels should be restored across the services.
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Improve your negotiating skills in readiness for this.
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Quality conversations establish the environments and readiness to support innovation.
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In a nation that has been at war for over 12 years, it significantly undercuts military readiness.
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Exotic animals got special treatment with expert handlers and attendants to ensure their health and readiness for their performance.
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It is a problem when it is so common that you start to anticipate it and live in a constant state of readiness.
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These live training events are fundamental to the ability of our airmen, sailors, and marines to attain and sustain the highest levels of military readiness.
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Top brass are grappling with which programs to cut and are questioning military readiness.
From Washington Times
If anything, recent history suggests that constitutional norms are entirely compatible with mission readiness despite fears to the contrary.
From TIME
Their covenant wasn't a legal contract, yet it relied on each individual's willing confirmation of readiness to keep the commitment.
From The Atlantic
The view that "most marriages end in divorce" surely impacts her readiness for marriage.
From Huffington Post
Today's welfare applicants aren't asked to chop wood, but they must prove their readiness for work in other ways.
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Collocations with readiness
readiness
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combat readiness
They assume another set of obligations as members of an armed service, such as maintaining combat readiness and maximizing the fighting strength of the force.
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high readiness
There will be a problem about the training necessary for high readiness reserves.
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military readiness
At a time when the defence budget is reduced, military readiness is relaxed.
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Translations of readiness
in Chinese (Traditional)
願意，樂意, 準備就緒…
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愿意，乐意, 准备就绪…
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preparación, disposición [feminine, singular]…
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prontidão, presteza, prontidão [feminine]…
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快く引き受けること, 喜んですること, 用意ができていること…
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isteklilik, gönüllülük, hazır olma…
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mise [feminine] sur pied, empressement [masculine], promptitude…
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bona disposició, preparació…
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готовність, бажання…
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[ red-ee-nis ]
/ ˈrɛd i nɪs /
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noun
the condition of being ready.
ready movement; promptness; quickness.
ready action; ease; facility.
willingness; inclination; cheerful consent: a readiness to help others.
a developmental stage at which a child has the capacity to receive instruction at a given level of difficulty or to engage in a particular activity.
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Origin of readiness
1350–1400; Middle English redyness(e). See ready, -ness
OTHER WORDS FROM readiness
o·ver·read·i·ness, nounpre·read·i·ness, nounWords nearby readiness
reader, readership, readies, readily, read in, readiness, reading, reading chair, reading desk, reading group, reading notice
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Words related to readiness
fitness, good will, keenness, preparation, preparedness, willingness, address, adroitness, alacrity, aptness, deftness, dexterity, dispatch, ease, eloquence, expedience, expedition, facility, fluency, handiness
How to use readiness in a sentence
Ninety percent of Fairfax staff members have either requested or scheduled vaccination appointments, he said, and many have indicated their readiness to return to teaching in-person in the meantime.
Virginia’s largest school systems vow to reopen classrooms for all by March|Hannah Natanson|February 3, 2021|Washington Post
To test the jam’s readiness, spoon a bit of jam onto the chilled plate, and run your finger through it.
This twist on the classic Linzer cookie adds gentle sweetness and texture with corn flour|Roxana Jullapat|December 2, 2020|Washington Post
The government’s vaccine program, Operation Warp Speed, has projected optimism about its readiness to distribute the vaccine.
Most States Aren’t Ready to Distribute the Leading COVID-19 Vaccine|by Isaac Arnsdorf, Ryan Gabrielson and Caroline Chen|November 10, 2020|ProPublica
The idea went nowhere amid questions about the screenings’ effectiveness and the agency’s readiness to take on a significant public health responsibility.
An Iowa airport has a plan to screen passengers for the coronavirus. It’s being held up by the FAA.|Ian Duncan|November 4, 2020|Washington Post
This federal-level hub could monitor viral trends and track the readiness of supply chains for therapies and protective equipment.
We already know how to keep the next pandemic from catching us off guard|Rob Verger|October 8, 2020|Popular-Science
There is a rough floor of about six aircraft that a unit is supposed to have even at low readiness levels.
Navy Grounds Top Guns|Dave Majumdar|October 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The lesson we learned is to increase our readiness and responsiveness.
Shocked by Ukraine Violence, NATO Prepares to Face Down Putin|Leo Cendrowicz|October 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The one thing everyone seems to agree on is readiness of the Internet.
YouTube, Netflix, and the Death of Television|Rich Goldstein|November 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In this “new” Arab world, there is growing curiosity and readiness to challenge the conventions of the old regimes.
5 Arab Spring Opportunities For Israel|Nimrod Goren, Elie Podeh|June 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
"Netanyahu signals readiness to consider 2002 Arab peace plan" read the Reuters headline.
Why Bibi Won't Really 'Give Peace A Chance'|Elisheva Goldberg|June 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And he stood up in the shameful fall of the people: in the goodness and readiness of his soul he appeased God for Israel.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
In the street the men of his escort sat their horses, having mounted at his bidding in readiness for the journey.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
She is always in fear of an earthquake, and feels safer to have a light burning in readiness all night long.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade
The brilliant ceremony over, the Prince set out for Carlisle, where his army was ordered to be in readiness on July 8.
King Robert the Bruce|A. F. Murison
I wish you to write me if I am to give him notice also to hold himself in readiness for town.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
British Dictionary definitions for readiness
readiness
/ (ˈrɛdɪnɪs) /
noun
the state of being ready or prepared, as for use or action
in readiness
- prepared and waitingall was in readiness for the guests' arrival
- in preparation forhe tidied the house in readiness for the guests' arrival
willingness or eagerness to do something
ease or promptness
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READINESS - what is READINESS
The meaning of the word "READY" found in 101 sources
found in "Ozhegov's Explanatory Dictionary" 1. Consent to do something. Expressed to Mr. help. 2. State, when everything is done, everything is ready for something. Combat g. (the ability of troops to start and conduct hostilities; special). Someone in full combat readiness. (also trans.: about who is completely ready for some kind of action; colloquial joking). G. number one (full combat readiness, as well as general readiness to perform some kind of action, task; special).
found in the "Russian-English Dictionary"
readiness
f.
1. readiness; ( preparedness ) preparedness
in fighting trim / order, ready for action; ( about ship ) cleared for action
perfectly ready
check smb.
to smth. — ascertain how far smth. is ready for smth.
2. ( desire to do smth. ) willingness
to express full willingness to do smth. — express one's perfect willingness, or express one's complete readiness, to do smth.
found in the "Dictionary of Synonyms"
readiness See desire to be ready; to be ready; to be ready; to be ready... Dictionary of Russian synonyms and expressions similar in meaning. - under. ed. N. Abramova, M.: Russian Dictionaries, 1999. readiness aspiration, desire, readiness, readiness, completeness, determination, consent, good will, hunting Dictionary of Russian synonyms. readiness 1. desire, good will, hunting, determination 2. readiness Dictionary of synonyms of the Russian language. Practical guide. - M .: Russian language.Z. E. Aleksandrova. 2011. readiness noun, number of synonyms: 14 • combat readiness (2) • readiness (3) • good will (4) • desire (44) • completeness (7) • mobilization (1) • intention (23) • hunting (74) • preparedness (17) • determination (17) • decisiveness (33) • over readiness (1) • consent (72) • aspiration (38) Dictionary of synonyms ASIS.
V.N. Trishin.2013. . Synonyms: combat readiness, readiness, good will, desire, completeness, mobilization, hunting, readiness, determination, overreadiness, consent, striving
found in Dmitriev's Dictionary
- readiness
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n. , f. , used comp. often
Morphology: (no) what? ready what? ready , (see) what? readiness what? readiness , about what? on readiness
1. Readiness is the state when everything is done in order to start doing, implementing, etc. something.
The commander checked the readiness of the soldiers for battle. | The expedition was in full readiness and could leave at any moment. | The commission checked the readiness of the region's farms for sowing.
2. Readiness is the state of food when it can be eaten.
The doneness of the fish during cooking can be determined by piercing it with a thin wooden pin. | Bring the fried chicken pieces to readiness in the oven.
3. Readiness is such a state of a product of any production, product, etc., when it can be immediately used for its intended purpose.
The new device is still far from complete.
4. If you express, express, etc. readiness to do something, then you express, express, etc., your desire, consent to do it.
He always demonstrated his willingness to work in the most difficult area of production. | Nobody expressed readiness to go on a business trip.
5.
If you do something willingly , it means willingly, without much persuasion. She was willing to help everyone. | Everyone readily agreed to the proposed action plan.
Dictionary of the Russian language Dmitriev.D. V. Dmitriev. 2003.
Synonyms :
Boarse, preparation, kind will, desire, completeness, mobilization, hunting, preparedness, determination, super -state, consent, desire
found in the "Ideographic Dictionary of the Russian Language"
▲
9000 9000 ides ides ides timeliness, defined, kind
<—> hindsight
readiness to which - the state of the ability to perform certain actions;
ability to take certain actions in time;
availability of everything necessary for a number of actions.
ready.
initial state.
mobilization - alerting.
mobilization.
not ready. unpreparedness.
▼ vigilance
↓
Adj. ready (in 1 and 3 digits).
Combat readiness.
□
Soldiers alerted grenades and machine guns. G. Linkov, War behind enemy lines.
2.
Consent, desire to do smth.
The landlady had already expressed her readiness to send for down jackets and pillows, but the landlord said, “It's okay, we'll rest in the armchairs. Gogol, Dead Souls.
He was happy to help others in their work. V. Kozhevnikov, Senior Sergeant.
Synonyms neod. (6)
single wine
rejoiced, and immediately offered his readiness to serve usPs105.
However, judging by the readiness of , with which you offered me to take Ps40 to your account.
unit
in such a state of mind, with such readiness for all kinds of agreementsPs105.
unit
went to the army 113, now in readiness 150 squadrons. Pr2.
this amount is in readiness at Abbas-Mirza and his associatesOD7.
the sum of a million fogs is in readiness at Abbas-Mirza and his surroundings OD7.
found in the "Great French-Russian and Russian-French Dictionary"
f.
1) ( do something ) empressement m, bonne volonté f
he expressed his readiness to help us - il a exprimé la volonté de nous aider
2) ( readiness )
900 -000 être en état d'alertebe fully prepared - être sur le qui-vive, être entièrement prêt
Synonyms
found in the "Big Russian-Spanish Dictionary"
f.
(1)0005
found in "Full phonetic analysis of words"
4) Phonetic transcription of the word readiness: [gat`ovnast ']
5) Characteristics of all sounds:
g [g] - consonant, solid, voiced, paired
o [a] 0133 - vowel, unstressed
t [t] - consonant, hard, deaf, double
o [`o] - vowel, stressed voiced, paired
n [n] - consonant, solid, voiced, unpaired, sonorant
o [a] - vowel, unstressed
s
-, deaf, consonant , double
t [t'] - consonant, soft, deaf, paired
[]
10 letters, 9 sound stimuli and responses.
If an animal eats and then becomes ill, it may develop an aversion to the smell of the food. but not to visual or auditory stimuli present during feeding. However, if an animal is given an electric shock while eating, combined with specific visual or auditory stimuli, it will subsequently avoid places. where these stimuli are present, but will not experience aversion to food. This is because the smell of food is strongly associated with illness, in contrast to visual or auditory stimuli. On the other hand. visual and auditory stimuli are closely associated with pain. found in the "Russian-English Dictionary of Psychology"
f.
readiness, preparedness; ( desire ) willingness
- biological readiness
- willingness to use certain means to achieve goals
- willingness to use means to achieve goals
- readiness to choose a profession
- readiness to read
- readiness to school
- motor readiness
- cognitive readiness
- motivational readiness for school
- psychological readiness for motherhood
- psychological readiness
- sexual readiness
- physical readiness
- functional readiness
f
1) ( to do something ) Bereitschaft f, Bereitwilligkeit f0005
2) ( preparedness ) Bereitschaft f
combat readiness - Kampfbereitschaft f
Synonyms
found in the Russian-Turkish Dictionary
w
hazır oluş; hazırlık derecesi ( degree of preparedness )
) 准备 程度 程度 zhǔnbèide chéngdù
Combat readiness number one - 一 等 战备
Eliminate readiness - 解除 准备 准备
2) ( Consent ) 同意 Tóngyì, 愿意 yualy Synonyms :
combat readiness, readiness, good will, desire, completeness, mobilization, hunting, readiness, determination, overreadiness, consent, aspiration
found in the "Big Italian-Russian and Russian-Italian Dictionary"
f.
1) completamento della preparazione / dei preparativi, prontezza; "pronti al via" in combat readiness 2) (desire to do something) disponibilita, buona volonta willingness to compromise to express readiness... - dichiararsi disponibile a... readily - con piacere, di buon grado Italian-Russian Dictionary. 2003. Synonyms: combat readiness, readiness, good will, desire, completeness, mobilization, hunting, readiness, determination, overreadiness, consent, striving
А Б В Г Д Е Ё Ж З И Й К Л М Н О П Р С Т У Ф Х Ц Ч Ш Щ Ъ Ы Ь Э Ю Я
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 9000 9000 9
The word consists of 10 letters: first g, the second o third t, the fourth o fifth in, sixth n, seventh oh eighth s, ninth t, last b,
The word readiness in English letters (transliteration) - gotovnost
- The letter g occurs 1 time.
Words with 1 letter g - The letter o occurs 3 times. Words with 3 letters about
- The letter t occurs 2 times. Words with 2 letters m
- The letter occurs 1 time in . Words with 1 letter in
- The letter and occurs 1 time. Words with 1 letter n
- The letter with occurs 1 time. Words with 1 letter starting with
- The letter and occurs 1 time. Words with 1 letter ь
Meanings of the word readiness. What is readiness?
Ready
READINESS En.: Resposive attentiveness. A loose translation of "responsive attentiveness" (Erickson, 1980, I) to describe the patient's attitude, who is currently attentive and willing to listen.
The New Hypnosis: Glossary
Ready for action
Readiness for action - an attitude aimed at performing a particular action -.
Psychological dictionary. - 2000It assumes the presence of certain knowledge, skills, abilities; readiness to counteract obstacles arising in the process of performing the action ...
Ready for action Category. Installation form. Specificity. It is characterized by a focus on the performance of a particular action. It assumes the presence of certain knowledge, skills, abilities ...
Psychological dictionary. - 2000
Availability factor
Availability coefficient, one of the important concepts of reliability in engineering; the probability that the product (engine, machine tool, device, etc.) will be operational at an arbitrarily chosen point in time in the intervals between executions of the planned ...
TSB. — 1969—1978
AVAILABILITY COEFFICIENT - an indicator of the reliability of repaired products, characterizing the probability that the product (engine, machine tool, device, etc.
Big encyclopedic polytechnical dictionary) will be operational at an arbitrarily chosen point in time in the intervals between executions ...
Preparedness
READINESS (preparedness) - (in psychology) the inherent quality of some stimuli, due to which they more often cause pathological fear in people.
vocabulary.ru
Preparedness - (in psychology) the inherent quality of some stimuli due to which they more often cause pathological fear in people.
Medical terms from A to Z
Preparedness (in psychology) the inherent quality of certain stimuli due to which they more often cause morbid fear in people.
Medical terms. - 2000
Readiness of the All-Russian Disaster Medicine Service
Readiness of the All-Russian Disaster Medicine Service.
civil_protection.academic.ruThe ability of the governing bodies, formations and institutions of the VSMK to carry out activities in the prescribed volume in accordance with the modes of its activity and with the prevailing situation.
The readiness of the All-Russian Disaster Medicine Service is the ability of the governing bodies, formations and institutions of the All-Russian Disaster Medicine Service (VSMK) to carry out activities in the prescribed amount in accordance with the modes of its activities and with ...
Dictionary of terms of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. - 2010
Speech: readiness (readiness for speech)
Speech: readiness (readiness for speech) - centrally controlled setting of the entire periphery of the pronunciation mechanism to perform the upcoming speech movement.
Psychology of communication: an encyclopedic dictionary / Under the general. ed. A.A. Bodalev. - M., 2011
Combat readiness of fortresses
Combat Readiness of Fortresses THE BATTLE READINESS OF THE FORTRESSES, which are for the most part the advanced strongholds of the state, is no less important than B. Goth. army and navy, relying on these strongholds: the unpreparedness of strongholds.
Military Encyclopedia. — 1911—1914
Combat readiness of fortresses - the readiness of the latter for combat operations during the transition from a peaceful position to a military one. Based on the definition of a fortress as a harmonious combination of a garrison, its management, weapons, supplies and long-term fortifications ...
Military-historical dictionary.- 1998
Mobilization readiness
Mobilization readiness - the ability of the state, its authorities and local self-government to organize mobilization, and the Armed Forces and troops to mobilization deployment; condition of troops (forces)…
Dictionary of terms of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. - 2010
Mobilization readiness - is determined by the degree of readiness of the troops (forces), the economy and the population of the country (especially draft coitingents) for the transition from peace to martial law.
Dictionary of military terms. - M., 1988
Mobilization readiness. The ability of the state, its authorities and local self-government, enterprises and the Armed Forces to conduct mobilization; condition of troops (forces)…
civil_protection.academic.ru
Psychological readiness for schooling
Psychological readiness for schooling Word formation. Comes from the Greek. psyche - soul logos - teaching. Category. Formation of psychological properties in a child ...
Psychological dictionary. - 2000
Psychological readiness for schooling The totality of the psychological characteristics of the subject, ensuring the successful start of schooling. There are 2 types of P. g. to sh. about. - special and general.
Adaptive physical culture. - 2003
Psychological readiness for schooling - the unity of the psychological characteristics of the subject, ensuring the successful start of schooling. Two types of P.g. sh. - special readiness…
Psychological glossary
Availability factor
The coefficient of operational readiness is the Probability that the object will be in working condition at an arbitrary point in time, except for the planned periods during which the use of the object for its intended purpose is not provided, and .
en.wikipedia.org..
Operational readiness coefficient - the probability that the object will be in working condition at an arbitrary point in time, except for planned periods during which the use of the object for its intended purpose is not provided ...
Commercial power industry. - M., 2006
Russian
Ready.
Morphemic spelling dictionary. — 2002
Readiness, -i.
Spelling dictionary. — 2004
Examples of the use of the word readiness
Manufacturers expressed their readiness to adapt their express trains to Russian conditions.
The main condition is the willingness to work, not to play the game, like playing in a casino.
