noun
Meaning 1
The state of being timely.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
timeliness
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈtaɪm.li.nəs/
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noun
Meaning 2
timely convenience
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: opportuneness, patness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: convenience
noun
Meaning 3
being at the right time
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: seasonableness
Antonyms: untimeliness
Broader terms: timing
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English timely Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English timeliness From timely + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: своевременност (svoevremennost) — the state of being timely
- Dutch: stiptheid — the state of being timely
- Finnish: oikea-aikaisuus — the state of being timely
- Finnish: täsmällisyys — the state of being timely
- French: ponctualité — the state of being timely
- German: Pünktlichkeit — the state of being timely
- Greek: επικαιρότητα (epikairótita) — the state of being timely
- Irish: tráthúlacht — the state of being timely
- Italian: tempestività — the state of being timely
- Occitan: pontualitat — the state of being timely
- Portuguese: prontidão — the state of being timely
- Portuguese: pontualidade — the state of being timely
- Portuguese: tempestividade — the state of being timely
- Spanish: puntualidad — the state of being timely
- Spanish: tempestividad — the state of being timely
- Swedish: läglighet — the state of being timely
- Swedish: lämplighet — the state of being timely