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    readiness
    [ noun ]
    1. the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action)

    2. <noun.state>
      putting them in readiness
      their preparation was more than adequate
    3. prompt willingness

    4. <noun.attribute>
      readiness to continue discussions
      they showed no eagerness to spread the gospel
      they disliked his zeal in demonstrating his superiority
      he tried to explain his forwardness in battle
    5. (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way

    6. <noun.cognition>
      the subjects' set led them to solve problems the familiar way and to overlook the simpler solution
      his instructions deliberately gave them the wrong set
    7. a natural effortlessness

    8. <noun.attribute>
      they conversed with great facility
      a happy readiness of conversation


    Readiness \Read"i*ness\, n.
    The state or quality of being ready; preparation; promptness;
    aptitude; willingness.

    They received the word with all readiness of mind.
    --Acts xvii.
    11.

    Syn: Facility; quickness; expedition; promptitude;
    promptness; aptitude; aptness; knack; skill; expertness;
    dexterity; ease; cheerfulness. See {Facility}.

    1. Saudi Arabia's readiness to compromise and the involvement of several Gulf heads of state underlined how seriously Opec takes the threat to its position.
    2. The study was delivered at a Senate Labor task force hearing on the workforce and workplace readiness.
    3. The measure incorporates cuts voted last week in such major weapon systems as the Midgetman mobile missile and B-2 bomber, but goes beyond the authorizing bill in reducing classified programs and shifting funds to improve military readiness.
    4. Flight readiness firings have been required in the past for new shuttles only, except for one time when a malfunction made a retest necessary.
    5. Fort Bragg spokesmen would say only that Army units there were participating in a routine "emergency deployment readiness exercise."
    6. Space agency officials said they wanted to determine the readiness of the shuttle's redesigned booster rocket and ordered it tested for a third time.
    7. Global Shield is another readiness training exercise coordinated through SAC.
    8. Any overt action by the SDI system can lead to a rise in the readiness of the opposite side; blasts in space can be interpreted by Russian programs as attacks on spy satellites, a preparatory move for a U.S. first strike.
    9. "Our resolution to go on and restore this ship and ourselves, so that we can restore our combat readiness, is within itself a tribute to our fallen shipmates," O'Hearn said.
    10. Santiago Sinclair, has declared that troops are "in a state of readiness" to defend their leader and Constitution.
    11. Vilnius radio said the Presidium of the Lithuanian parliament messaged Gorbachev reiterating Lithuania's readiness to negotiate with Moscow.
    12. The administration had sought the arrangement to protect personnel, readiness and ongoing procurement accounts.
    13. Existing nuclear forces should be reduced as far as prudently possible, made as safe as possible and kept at lower states of readiness: and transparency should be increased.
    14. Following a three-hour launch readiness meeting Monday, shuttle managers reported that while the schedule was tight, "no major issues are being worked" and the launch remained on schedule.
    15. On Thursday night, the radio reported fighting "among Ethiopian army units in and around Asmara" and reiterated rebel "readiness to give any kind of support and cooperation" to the mutineers.
    16. Asked what message he wanted Saddam to get on the readiness issue, Bush said Thursday, "We are going to fully implement the United Nations resolutions," which include one authorizing use of force.
    17. The U.S. Southern Command put its troops and civilian employes on the isthmus on Delta Alert, its highest state of readiness.
    18. He said it was expensive, for instance, to keep an anti-aircraft missile crew, with backup assistance, at a high level of readiness.
    19. Tass said Mr. Gorbachev "expressed the readiness to record in an agreement on medium-range missiles the Soviet Union's obligation to eliminate its shorter-range missiles within a relatively short and clearly defined time frame."
    20. Military officials have said the flights are necessary to keep pilots at top readiness.
    21. The likelihood of "revocation of permits unrelated to the problem is a disproportionate legislative response," she wrote, and threatens a "potentially severe adverse impact upon mission readiness."
    22. In Geneva, the International Committee of the Red Cross issued a statement saying it had informed Iran of "its readiness to provide emergency assistance for the victims" of chemical weapons attacks.
    23. In readiness for the move to academe, Spencer and his family have been saving a lot of his City salary rather than spending it, so he reckons the job switch will not be too financially onerous.
    24. "Our world is seemingly changing towards peacemaking and we continue to participate in readiness towards destruction," Bath said.
    25. "We'll have a readiness and sustainability slump worse than anything we saw in the Carter years," he predicts.
    26. But their readiness to do this is far from clear.
    27. But until such weapons are eliminated altogether, he said the Soviet Union would continue to replace about 10 percent of its strategic rocket force every year, to assure that they were in a state of readiness.
    28. Increasing numbers have deserted to seek their fortunes in the West, or failed to report back from furloughs amid a noticeable decline in discipline and readiness, the sources said.
    29. The flight readiness firing of the three engines already has been delayed two days, so even if the shuttle stays on the pad, there likely will be a delay of at least a few days of the Sept. 6 launch target date.
    30. Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice, falls Monday and commemorates the Prophet Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son to God.
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