immediacy
noun
im·me·di·a·cy
i-ˈmē-dē-ə-sē 
British often -ˈmē-jə-sē
plural immediacies
1
: the quality or state of being immediate
2
: something that is immediate
—usually used in plural
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.
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Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 16 May 2025
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Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 16 May 2025
These attacks are often short, simple, and urgent—designed to create a sense of immediacy that overwhelms cautious thinking.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
The great media of the 20th century—the art-pop album, the feature-length film, the gallery show, the literary novel—may be fighting for their life, but that’s because of competition from new forms defined by a sense of immediacy: short-form video, chatty podcasts, video games, memes.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025
Reigns and Lesnar operate at a faster pace than usual here and the Reigns’s triumph hits with startling immediacy.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for immediacy
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“Immediacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/immediacy. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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immediacy
noun
im·me·di·a·cy
im-ˈēd-ē-ə-sē
plural immediacies
1
: the quality or state of being immediate
2
: something that is of immediate importance
immediacies of daily life
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