Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The state of being prepared, especially military readiness for combat.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being prepared; readiness: as, preparedness for action or service.
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- noun The state of being
prepared
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action)
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Examples
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Isn't Salter trying to use OBAMA's age against him in response, with the code word "preparedness" filling in for age?
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Eventually, preparedness is going to meet opportunity.
Every little thing is going to be all right | Johnny B. Truant 2009
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Even if the money available to the Department of Homeland Security was wisely spent, it would make only a little difference in preparedness and response.
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As Peggy Pascoe reminds us, the point of revisiting their lack of preparedness is not to disparage them, but to remind ourselves of our own shortcomings, three decades after the intimidated ladies 'meeting, despite our access to much better accounts of this history. 63 According to a proverb attributed variously to Chinese or African sources, the best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago; the next-best time is today.
Manhood in the Age of Aquarius: Masculinity in Two Countercultural Communities, 196583 2007
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Even if the money available to the Department of Homeland Security was wisely spent, it would make only a little difference in preparedness and response.
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As always scott, your lack of webcomic preparedness is disturbing.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - EL jumps headlong into full frontal piracy. 2006
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Every critic of preparedness is selling something, even if his or her expertise.
Archive 2005-12-01 2005
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Every critic of preparedness is selling something, even if his or her expertise.
Medpundit 2005
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Emergency preparedness is local first, state next and federal last.
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So while experts say this is really about long-term preparedness, the war in Iraq is likely to be a decisive factor on how and whether the U.S. military can grow.
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