noun
definition
The state or degree of being ready; preparedness.
definition
Willingness.
Examples of readiness in a Sentence
You have experienced my readiness to reward you.
An adjutant came out and announced that everything was in readiness within.
The readiness with which the American Indian succumbed to disease is well known.
In readiness for a fracture of the drilling tools or of the cable, special appliances known as fishing tools are provided.
They declare their readiness to adapt the law of the synagogue to the law of the land, as for instance in the question of marriage and divorce.
These vines are less satisfactory than trees as rubber producers, owing to the readiness with which they are injured and destroyed by careless tapping, and to the difficulty of regulating these methods in the case of vines distributed over enormous areas of forest.
With ordinary care on the part of the men in charge Hatton defecators will work continuously for several days and nights, and the number required to deal with a given volume of juice is half the number of ordinary defecators of equal capacity which would do the same work; for it must be borne in mind that an ordinary double-bottomed defecator takes two hours to deliver its charge and be in readiness to receive a fresh charge, i.e.
Phenol is characterized by the readiness with which it forms substitution products; chlorine and bromine, for example, react readily with phenol, forming orthoand parachlorand -bromphenol, and, by further action, trichlorand tribrom-phenol.
His readiness and skill, his happy instinct for grace of arrangement, atoned for want of originality and real power.
The metals to be referred to are always understood to be given in the compact (frozen) condition, and that, wherever metals are enumerated as being similarly attacked, the degree of readiness in the action is indicated by the order in which the several members are named - the more readily changed metal always standing first.
Its most curious property is the readiness with which it unites with nitrogen.
During the Persian invasion the Tegeans displayed a readiness unusual among Peloponnesian cities; in the battle of Plataea they were the first to enter the enemy's camp. A few years later they headed an Arcadian and Argive league against Sparta, but by the loss of two pitched battles (Tegea and Dipaea) were induced to resume their former loyalty (about 468-467).
End of line jewelry - clearing stock in readiness for new designs.
Changes in the height or construction of buildings, and a greater readiness to make claims on insurance offices, may be contributory causes.
Shortly before the fall of the Depretis-Robilant cabinet Count Robilant had announced the intention of Italy to denounce the commercial treaties with France and Austria, which would lapse en the 31st of December 1887, and had intimated his readiness to negotiate new treaties.
Sulphur chloride dissolves sulphur with great readiness and is consequently used largely for vulcanizing rubber; it also dissolves chlorine.
Not only does the substituent group modify the readiness with which the derivative is attacked, but also the nature of the product.
The emperor and his ministers hoped that, having conceded the demands of the Magyars, they would receive the help of the Hungarian government in crushing the revolution elsewhere, a hope that seemed to be justified by the readiness with which Batthyany consented to send a contingent to the assistance of the imperialists in Italy.
Hermann Hankel has pointed out the readiness with which the Hindus passed from number to magnitude and vice versa.
The prince, seeing the opportunity for a battle, immediately issued orders for an enveloping attack on Miinchengratz by his whole army, but, owing to distances and the number of units now requiring direction, it was late in the following day before all were in readiness for action.
The great advantages of Sprengel's pump lie in the simplicity of its construction and in the readiness with which it adapts itself to the collecting of the gas.
The tree lends itself with peculiar readiness to the skilfu manipulation of- the gardener, and is by him trained into shapes of remarkable grace.
Mexico also took part in establishing the permanent Central American Court of Arbitra-, tion, inaugurated on the 25th of May 1908 at Cartago, Costa' Rica, under the Washington treaties of December 1907, and showed readiness to associate herself with the Government of her great northern neighbour in preserving peace among the Central American States.
Its strength is shown in England in the growing readiness of the different religious bodies to co-operate in movements for the purifying of public morality and for the better observance - of Sunday.
We have openly declared our readiness to sign such a pact with Poland, too.
It is pleasant, too, to note her thoughtfulness for little children, and her readiness to yield to their whims.
Her presentiment at the time had not deceived her--that that state of freedom and readiness for any enjoyment would not return again.
The swimming squad has been training very hard in readiness for a busy season.
The pharmacological action of hydrogen peroxide (H202), potassium permanganate, powdered charcoal and some other oxidizing agents depends on the readiness with which they give up oxygen.
Small numbers of Royal Flying Corps aeroplanes are kept at readiness to combat possible enemy airship raids.
Some states require escrow accounts to be set up during the buying process to be held in readiness for completion of a deal.
That doubt should be cast upon the readiness of his tenants to pay fealty to Edward I may indicate that his sympathies were liberal.
We've completely and utterly knackered our myspace page in readiness for our new releases.
Together with Allies, we also have modified the readiness criteria for forces with a nuclear role and terminated standing peacetime nuclear contingency plans.
These products may suggest a change in readiness posture, protective actions, or response that should be implemented in a timely manner.
A somewhat greater was uninsured for send the premiums reassess the readiness.
The ECFMG assesses the readiness of foreign medical graduates to enter a residency or fellowship program in the US.
The US and the UK expressed a readiness to work all night and through the weekend, but did not compromise on their positions.
These Acts indicate a limited readiness on the part of Parliament to intervene to deal with some of the causes of disputes between neighbors.
Programs We have described how the project manager demonstrates readiness to start a stage by a short presentation to the project sponsor.
These tests will qualify the design and confirm readiness for a full duration, stacked, firing.
Signs of readiness - The first stage of potty training begins when your child shows the following signs of potty training readiness.
The computer system alerted all military units to take up a state of operational readiness.
And when any envisaged use of force is unlawful, then any stated readiness to use such force is also a prohibited threat.
These are ' educational technology and change ' and the notion of ' institutional readiness ' .
The size of the army is only one indicator of military readiness for war, however.
The behemoth has recruited some out of work actors to pretend to be Iraqis for combat readiness exercises.
The report also includes recommendations on the firms ' disaster recovery readiness and data backup systems.
To get to the end there has to be a starting point and that is investment readiness.
The world has dramatically changed, said Paul Mayberry, deputy defense undersecretary for readiness.