preparedness

1. 1.

   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”

   Synonymsreadinesspreparation

   Broaderstate

   Narrowerreadyalert

   military

Other forms of preparedness

plural

preparednesses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about preparedness

What does preparedness mean?

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

How many syllables are in preparedness?

preparedness has 4 syllables: pre-par-ed-ness. The stress falls on "par". In IPA it is /pɹiˈpɛɹədnəs/.

What is another word for preparedness?

Close synonyms include readiness, preparation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is preparedness a common word?

preparedness is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.