readiness
Nouns
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(n) the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action)
- putting them in readiness
- their preparation was more than adequate
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(n) prompt willingness
- 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
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(n) (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way
- 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
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(n) a natural effortlessness
- they conversed with great facility
- "a happy readiness of conversation"--Jane Austen