Definition of immediacy
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1 : the quality or state of being immediate
2 : something that is immediate —usually used in plural
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Examples of immediacy in a Sentence
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.
Recent Examples of immediacy from the Web
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But what the state’s second-largest city is looking to save for the sake of convenience and immediacy could end up throwing its streetlight grid into chaos again, city officials and urban designers say.
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The immediacy is due to the fact that fire officials said the apartments were not safe to sleep in Friday night, Gould explained.
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Epstein said Russell's comments to him were consistent with his statement, but the immediacy of the probe has left management and players in an ocean of uncertainty.
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Still, the immediacy of the issue was not lost on Hansen or Lambert.
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Whether fists, swords or bullets are at play, any sense of immediacy or reality evaporates.
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These interactions are possible on YouTube and on Twitch, especially for partners who are given lower-latency streams, but there’s no beating the immediacy of one-second latency.
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But his recordings still have the immediacy of bedroom confessionals, and the instrumentation exudes the funky soul of a '70s studio cat messing around in their spare time and delivering an effortlessly organic gem.
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The immediacy of such trust building has become critical: Only three of the first five shelters planned have opened as scheduled.
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First Known Use of immediacy
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IMMEDIACY Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of immediacy for English Language Learners
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: the quality that makes something seem important or interesting because it is or seems to be happening now
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