SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
timeliness
noun
The quality of occurring or being completed at an appropriate or useful time.
Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
Appropriate timing
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Related words and expressions
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Usage distinction
Return to topTimeliness concerns arriving when useful. Punctuality meets a set time, and promptness avoids delay; neither alone guarantees that the moment is useful.
CHECK THE MEANING IN CONTEXT
See timeliness in use
The value of the warning depended on its timeliness as well as its accuracy.
The timeliness of the final corrections mattered because the printer could incorporate them before the new map was prepared.
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