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UK
/pɹɪpˈeədnəs/
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[ US /pɹiˈpɛɹədnəs/ ]
[ US /pɹiˈpɛɹədnəs/ ]
NOUN
-
the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action)
their preparation was more than adequate
putting them in readiness
How To Use preparedness In A Sentence
- A good level of preparedness can be achieved by spending time and money on a thorough business valuation.
- It was clear to us at the White House that these parades were part of an organized movement to "agitate" in favour of a radical programme of preparedness. Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him
- If the Government is serious about disaster preparedness, it is going to have to start with the fundamentals.
- People now accept that a minimum level of preparedness is crucial to tackle a military contingency.
- That the South lived in dreadful fear (and armed preparedness) of a slave revolt? Think Progress » Former GOP Congressman J.C. Watts: ‘Social programs’ are the ‘new slavery.’
- A bronchoscopic clinic should at all times be in the same state of preparedness for emergency as is everywhere required of a fire-engine house. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery
- Everything was in a state of preparedness.
- During the team's minicamps, Culpepper's preparedness, accuracy and arm strength were impressive.
- Dr. Okamura says the idea of beefing up tsunami preparedness didn't go anywhere. The Man Who Predicted the Tsunami
- Everything was in a state of preparedness.