TIMELINESS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does timeliness mean? 

• TIMELINESS (noun)
  The noun TIMELINESS has 2 senses:

1. being at the right time

2. timely convenience

  Familiarity information: TIMELINESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TIMELINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being at the right time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

seasonableness; timeliness

Hypernyms ("timeliness" is a kind of...):

timing (the time when something happens)

Antonym:

untimeliness (being at an inappropriate time)

Derivation:

timely (done or happening at the appropriate or proper time)

timely (before a time limit expires)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Timely convenience

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

opportuneness; patness; timeliness

Hypernyms ("timeliness" is a kind of...):

convenience (the quality of being useful and convenient)

Derivation:

timely (done or happening at the appropriate or proper time)

 Context examples 

A Federal law establishing quality standards for all laboratory testing to ensure the accuracy, reliability and timeliness of patient test results regardless of where the test was performed and also to determine if laboratories are achieving those standards.

(Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act, NCI Thesaurus)