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pre·par·ed·ness (-id nis)

noun

the state of being prepared; specif., possession of sufficient armed forces, materiel, etc. for waging war

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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