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# readiness

«readiness» in Mova's school dictionary: **The state of being prepared and ready for something** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (readiness — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The state of being prepared and ready for something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/readiness/#m1)

2) Willingness, being happy to do something: «her readiness to help». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/readiness/#m2)

3) Quickness: «readiness of wit». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/readiness/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school: «readiness for school», «readiness for the test». In safety and emergencies: «in readiness for the storm». In stories, characters show readiness to help. Phrases: «in readiness for», «a readiness to», «state of readiness».

### examples

- The boats were kept in readiness for a rescue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/readiness/#x1)
- Her readiness to help made her popular. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/readiness/#x2)
- We packed the bags in readiness for the trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/readiness/#x3)
- The fire crew is always in a state of readiness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/readiness/#x4)
- The teacher checked our readiness for the exam. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/readiness/#x5)
- His readiness to say sorry ended the argument. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/readiness/#x6)
- Your readiness to give up your Princess will only show how generous you are." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/readiness/#x7)

### note

Uncountable. From «ready» (y changes to i: readi-ness). «In readiness for» means prepared for.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «readiness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/readiness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.