readiness
[noun]
Synonyms:
- willingness, eagerness, keenness
- ease, adroitness, dexterity, facility, promptness

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Contrasted words: effort, exertions, pains, trouble
Related Words: eloquence, fluency, volubility

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

read‧i‧ness /ˈredinəs, ˈredinɪs/ noun
[Word Family: noun: readiness, the ready; adverb: readily, ready; verb: ready; adjective: ready]

1. [uncountable] when you are prepared for something, or when something is ready to be used
in readiness (for something)
They stacked the firewood in readiness for the evening campfire.

2. [singular, uncountable] willingness to do something
readiness to do something
He stressed the government’s readiness to take tough action against terrorists.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

readiness
noun
ADJ. greater | constant | combat The troops were in a state of combat readiness.
VERB + READINESS declare, express, indicate, show, signal Hungary has indicated its readiness to sign the treaty.
hold sb/sth in He held his gun in readiness.
PREP. in ~ (for) service the car in readiness for the journey
~ for to express a readiness for change
PHRASES a state of readiness

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲