immediacy
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.im·me·di·a·cy
noun \i-ˈmē-dē-ə-sē, British often -ˈmē-jə-sē\ plural im·me·di·a·cies
Definition of IMMEDIACY
1
: the quality or state of being immediate
2
: something that is immediate —usually used in plural
See Examples of IMMEDIACY
- Television coverage gave the war greater immediacy than it had ever before had.
- There is an immediacy to watching a live performance that you cannot get from hearing a recording.
First Known Use of IMMEDIACY
1605
Related to IMMEDIACY
- Synonyms
- adjacency, closeness, contiguity, proximity, nearness, propinquity, vicinity
- Antonyms
- distance, remoteness
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