PREPAREDNESS Synonyms

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

• prompt willingness

• (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way

• a natural effortlessness

• the process of paying close and continuous attention

• a state of readiness to respond

• lively attentiveness

• an expectation

• something expected (as on the basis of a norm)

• the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)

• anticipating with confidence of fulfillment

• the thing arranged or agreed to

• an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging

• an organized structure for arranging or classifying

• the spatial property of the way in which something is placed

• a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments

• the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music

• an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service

• belief about (or mental picture of) the future

• anticipating with confidence of fulfillment

• the feeling that something is about to happen

• the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values

• the quality of being suitable

• good physical condition; being in shape or in condition

• the quality of being qualified

• providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future

• seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing

• a group of people who work together

• an organized structure for arranging or classifying

• the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something

• the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business

• an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized

• the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically

• the act of forming or establishing something

• an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action

• the act or process of drawing up plans or layouts for some project or enterprise

• the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening

• a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.

• the trait of practicing caution in advance

• judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger

• the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject

• the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property)

• the right to purchase something in advance of others

• a prior appropriation of something

• the quality of having great facility and competence

• skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity

• a stipulated condition

• the activity of supplying or providing something

• the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening

• a store or supply of something (especially of food or clothing or arms)

• supply with provisions

• an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something

• the act of modifying or changing the strength of some idea

• a statement that limits or restricts some claim

• activity leading to skilled behavior

• the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)