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timeliness

timeliness

5 4.8
Happening at the right time
  • noun
  • /ˈtaɪmliːnəs/
: oportunidad
  • The timeliness of his arrival ensured that the meeting started on schedule.
  • accuracy and timeliness
  • quality and timeliness
  • timeliness of reporting

So I appreciate the timeliness of that.

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Examples

  • Attention must be given to timeliness and quality of feedback, both of which have been concerns with online instruction.

    Academic text (2006)

  • As a consequence, organizations are more concerned with the timeliness and quality of financial performance information.

    Academic text (2004)

  • So I appreciate the timeliness of that.

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  • So either yeah, there is no concept of timeliness or there is time out.

  • I think it has to do with the timeliness of the event or the the person that we're covering.

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  • The final decision should be based on both the implementation cost and the timeliness of the data that is required.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Having health insurance, more than any other demographic or economic factors, determines the timeliness and the quality of health care.

    Academic text (2006)

  • I haven't had a big problem with timeliness, fortunately.

    Academic text (2005)

  • We used standard definitions to compare the timeliness of reporting and the timeliness of review of the Clinical Network and SPARCS.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Finally, the timeliness of XBRL releases may impact investors' perception of XBRL usefulness.

    Academic text (2005)

Synonyms

timing
vstimeliness
536 2.7

Choosing the best time for something to happen to get a good result

is the quality of happening at the right time rather than choice
punctuality
vstimeliness
17 3.5

Arriving or finishing things at the agreed time

is about happening at an appropriate moment rather than strict schedule
promptness
vstimeliness
3 3.5

Doing something quickly and at the expected time

focuses on appropriateness of when things occur rather than speed
promptitude
vstimeliness
1 9.5

Acting quickly without delay when action is needed

emphasizes being done at the right moment rather than quickness
opportuneness
vstimeliness
1 7.6

A good time for something to happen

is the general quality of happening at an appropriate time
seasonableness
vstimeliness
1 8.1

Being suitable because it happens at the right time

is the general quality of happening at a suitable time
patness
vstimeliness
1 9.4

Being exactly right and suitable for a situation

is broader and not always exactly fitted to particular cases

Antonyms

untimeliness
1 7.6

A thing that happens at the wrong time and causes problems

How Timely

immediacy
15 5.8
promptness
3 3.5
on time
426 1.0
timeliness
5 4.8
lateness
10 1.6

Surface Forms

timeliness singular
timelinesses plural

Morphology

timeliness = timely (transparent) = time + ly + ness

Standard noun formation from the adjective 'timely' by adding '-ness' to denote the quality or state.

Etymology

Timeliness comes from the simple word time and the ending -ness, which turns a word into a quality. Think of timely, which means 'at the right time' or 'on time'. So timeliness is the quality of happening 'at the right moment'.