timeliness

UK/ˈtaɪm.li.nəs/US/ˈtaɪm.li.nəs/

nounC1Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #15,216 of 15,258leans written

Timeliness is the quality of happening at just the right moment. The timeliness of the warning.

It is worth more than accuracy in a warning, since a perfect forecast that arrives late saves nobody. Timeliness is one of the standard measures of any public service.

Definitions of timeliness

1nountimelinessThe quality of happening at just the right moment.C1
“The timeliness of the payment mattered more than the amount.”

timeliness is a quality.

Where it comes from

Old English
*tīmlīc
Middle English
timely
English
timely
English, today
timeliness

Built from

tīmlīċe · Old English — in good time; timely; soon

From timely + -ness. timely comes from Middle English timely, tymely, timliche, from Old English tīmlīc and tīmlīċe (“in good time; timely; soon”), equivalent to time + -ly. Cognate with Danish timelig, Swedish timlig, Icelandic tímalegur, tímanlegur.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

timeliness in the wild

Relevance may include concerns such as timeliness, authority or novelty of the result.
Relevance (information retrieval)
There is no delay in the timeliness of the information provided.
Real-time data
The priorities of the journal are quality and timeliness.
Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society
Reviewers noted the timeliness of Rice's study, given the rise of populism in the United States and beyond.
Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom

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Related words

the tīmlīċe family

timely

timeliness — used about once every 159,543 pages · #15,216 · point at the bar for the others

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