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immediacy

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im·me·di·a·cy  (-md--s)
n. pl. im·me·di·a·cies
1. The condition or quality of being immediate.
2. Lack of an intervening or mediating agency; directness: the immediacy of live television coverage.
3. Something immediate, as in importance.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.immediacy - lack of an intervening or mediating agency; "the immediacy of television coverage"
directness, straightness - trueness of course toward a goal; "rivaling a hawk in directness of aim"
mediacy, mediateness - the quality of being mediate
2.immediacy - immediate intuitive awareness
intuition - instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)
3.immediacy - the quickness of action or occurrence; "the immediacy of their response"; "the instancy of modern communication"
celerity, rapidity, rapidness, speediness, quickness - a rate that is rapid
Translations
immediacy [ɪˈmiːdɪəsɪ] nurgencia, proximidad f
immediacy [ɪˈmiːdɪəsɪ] n [of events etc] → caractère or rapport immédiat; [of needs]; urgence f
immediacy [ɪˈmiːdɪəsɪ] nUnmittelbarkeit f, Direktheit f;
(of needs) → Dringlichkeit f
immediacy [ɪˈmiːdɪəsɪ] nimmediatezza


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But what gave immediacy to my decision to move on was a trick John Barleycorn played me--a monstrous, incredible trick that showed abysses of intoxication hitherto undreamed.
He disliked all Gringos, but this Gringo he hated with an immediacy that was unusual even in him.
As he took her program and skirmished and joked after the way of young men, she realized the immediacy of delight she had taken in him.
 
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