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
the immediacy of a live performance
2
: something that is immediate
the immediacy of our need
—usually used in plural
the basic immediacies of life
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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Minerality From glimmers of crushed salt to notes of clay and gravel, minerality takes wine beyond the immediacy of fresh fruit and flowers, grounding it in a complexity that can taste savory to saline.
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Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 1 Dec. 2025
The approach enabled Arkapaw to achieve a combination of period accuracy and visceral immediacy that was further enhanced by her careful selection of anamorphic lenses.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 30 Nov. 2025
And there's an immediacy to it.
—Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025
Minerality From glimmers of crushed salt to notes of clay and gravel, minerality takes wine beyond the immediacy of fresh fruit and flowers, grounding it in a complexity that can taste savory to saline.
—Anna Lee C. Iijima, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Nov. 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 8 Dec. 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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