PREPAREDNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does preparedness mean? 

• PREPAREDNESS (noun)
  The noun PREPAREDNESS has 1 sense:

1. the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action)

  Familiarity information: PREPAREDNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PREPAREDNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

preparation; preparedness; readiness

Context example:

their preparation was more than adequate

Hypernyms ("preparedness" is a kind of...):

state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)

Attribute:

ready (completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress)

unready (not prepared or in a state of readiness; slow to understand or respond)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "preparedness"):

ready (poised for action)

alert; qui vive (condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action)

Derivation:

prepared (made ready or fit or suitable beforehand)

prepared (having made preparations)