preparedness

English

Etymology

From prepared +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈpɛə(ɹɪ)dnɪs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈpɛɹ(ə)dnɪs/

Noun

preparedness (usually uncountable, plural preparednesses)

1. The state of being prepared.

   preparedness for battle

   preparedness for an exam

   • 2020 June 3, Lilian Greenwood talks to Paul Stephen, “Rail's 'underlying challenges' remain”, in Rail, page 35:

     On her preparedness to return to Labour's front bench under new Leader of the Opposition Sir Keir Starmer, she is non-committal.

2. Precautionary measures in the face of potential disasters.

Synonyms

• readiness

Related terms

• preparation

Translations

state of being prepared

• Armenian: պատրաստություն (hy) (patrastutʻyun), պատրաստվածություն (patrastvacutʻyun)
• Basque: prestatze
• Bulgarian: готовност (bg) f (gotovnost), подготвеност (bg) f (podgotvenost)
• Catalan: preparació (ca)
• Cebuano: pagpangandam
• Czech: připravenost f
• Dutch: paraatheid (nl) f
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐍃 m (muns), 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍅𐌹𐌸𐌰 f (manwiþa)
• Hebrew: מוּכָנוּת f (mukhanút)
• Hiligaynon: kasangkol
• Hungarian: felkészültség (hu), készültség (hu)
• Ilocano: panagsagana
• Indonesian: kesiapsiagaan
• Italian: prontezza (it) f
• Russian: гото́вность (ru) f (gotóvnostʹ), подгото́вленность (ru) f (podgotóvlennostʹ)
• Spanish: preparación (es) f
• Swedish: beredskap (sv) c
• Tagalog: kahandaan