Preparedness

nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026

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The activities to build, sustain, and improve readiness capabilities to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from natural or manmade incidents.

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Senses

1 more sense beyond the canonical

Wordset Dictionary

the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action)

Classifications

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Variants

3 surface forms

synonym: readiness
possessive: Preparedness's
pluralpossessive: Preparednesses'

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