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Meanings of immediacy in English

Portuguese
imediação
Catalan
immediatesa

The quickness of action or occurrence.

imediação
Spanish
aprehensión inmediata

Immediate intuitive awareness.

aprehensión inmediata
Usage of immediacy in English
1
For realism and immediacy they left the carvings of Ulm far behind.
A Time of Gifts
2
Newspapers conveyed the immediacy of daily events to Americans as never before.
A. lincoln: a biography
3
E-mail, while encouraging sloppy writing habits, certainly has the advantage of immediacy.
Wired
4
There is no distinct political dimension in the syncretic pragmatics of immediacy.
The Civilization of Illiteracy
5
They record impressions and their sense of immediacy and spontaneity is attractive.
The Irish Times
6
The pictures are positively erotic in their concentration, immediacy and nervous tension.
The Irish Times
7
Toys sat back and waited until the immediacy of his rage passed.
Patient Zero
8
The sharp immediacy of the mission cut out all thoughts of her.
Dayworld Rebel
9
Cavalli's gift is to spin these elements into drama of emotional immediacy.
The Guardian
10
But it didn't matter; didn't change the immediacy of his needs.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
11
It will be whether my idea of human nature retains immediacy.
The Guardian
12
Adding to that broad exposure is the immediacy of social media, he said.
Reuters
13
Of more immediacy was the main item on the agenda - Oireachtas committees.
The Irish Times
14
I want that immediacy when I read a novel,' he says, sounding evangelical.
The Guardian
15
Being shielded from the emotional immediacy and drama of consequences matters.
Bad science
16
The contrast gave the song a kind of spirit and immediacy.
Kafka on the Shore
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Translations for immediacy
Portuguese
imediação
Immediacy through the time
Immediacy across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common
United Kingdom
Less common