Meaning & use
timeliness
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The quality of happening or being done at a suitable or expected time.
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The company was praised for the timeliness of its response to the outbreak.
Timeliness in submitting the report was crucial to meeting the grant deadline.
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Frequently used in professional and journalistic contexts to describe how well an action's timing matches the need for it.
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