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readiness

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read⋅i⋅ness

  [red-ee-nis]
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–noun
1. the condition of being ready.
2. ready movement; promptness; quickness.
3. ready action; ease; facility.
4. willingness; inclination; cheerful consent: a readiness to help others.
5. a developmental stage at which a child has the capacity to receive instruction at a given level of difficulty or to engage in a particular activity.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME redyness(e). See ready, -ness
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read·y   (rěd'ē)   
adj.   read·i·er, read·i·est

  1. Prepared or available for service, action, or progress: I am ready to work. The soup will be ready in a minute. The pupils are ready to learn to read.

  2. Mentally disposed; willing: He was ready to believe her.

  3. Likely or about to do something: She is ready to retire.

  4. Prompt in apprehending or reacting: a ready intelligence; a ready response.

  5. Available: ready money.

tr.v.   read·ied, read·y·ing, read·ies
To cause to be ready.

[Middle English redy, from Old English rǣde; see reidh- in Indo-European roots.]
read'i·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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