The capacity of the system to provide information early enough for decision-making (timeliness) was assessed by examining the time between date of diagnosis and report.

The meaning of TIMELINESS is the quality or state of being timely.

Definition of timeliness noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

TIMELINESS definition: the fact or quality of occurring at a suitable or opportune time. See examples of timeliness used in a sentence.

in the nick of time At the proper or crucial moment; just in time. During the Middle Ages, it was common practice to record payments, debts, etc., by making a nick ‘a notch or cut’ in a stick in order to …

There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun timeliness, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

TIMELINESS definition: at the right or an opportune or appropriate time | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples in American English