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preparedness

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pre·par·ed·ness  (pr-pârd-ns)
n.
The state of being prepared, especially military readiness for combat.

preparedness [prɪˈpɛərɪdnɪs]
n
the state of being prepared or ready, esp militarily ready for war
preparedly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.preparedness - the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action); "putting them in readiness"; "their preparation was more than adequate"
state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"
armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
ready - poised for action; "their guns were at the ready"
alert, qui vive - condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action; "bombers were put on alert during the crisis"

preparedness
noun readiness, order, preparation, fitness, alertness The country has to maintain military preparedness.
Translations
preparedness [prɪˈpɛərɪdnɪs] Npreparación f, estado m de preparación
military preparednesspreparación f militar
preparedness [prɪˈpɛərɪdnɪs] nétat m d'alerte
red alert, the maximum state of preparedness → l'alerte rouge, l'état d'alerte maximum
preparedness
n (= readiness)Vorbereitetsein nt (→ for auf +acc); (for untoward events) → Gefasstsein nt (→ for auf +acc); (= willingness)Bereitschaft f; lack of preparednessmangelnde Vorbereitung (→ for auf +acc); preparedness for warKriegsbereitschaft f; (of army)Einsatzbereitschaft f
preparedness [prɪˈpɛərɪdnɪs] npreparazione f
preparedness [prɪˈpɛərɪdnɪs] npreparazione f


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P-, in charge of the deck, hooked on to the windward mizzen rigging in a state of perfect serenity; myself, the third mate, also hooked on somewhere to windward of the slanting poop, in a state of the utmost preparedness to jump at the very first hint of some sort of order, but otherwise in a perfectly acquiescent state of mind.
The tragedy of preparedness has scarcely been handled, save by the Greeks.
That you and I exist today must be due to the preparedness of some shaggy anthropoid of the Oligocene.
 
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