how to pronounce preparedness

/pɹiːˈpɛɹədnəs/

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preparedness is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of preparedness in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… city's disaster preparedness project and …”

meanings of preparedness

noun:

Precautionary measures in the face of potential disasters.
The state of being prepared.

preparedness frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word preparedness occurs in english on average 2.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics preparedness can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that preparedness can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;