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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So, a text has a certain amount of immediacy to it.
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Anuz Thapa, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2025
Landau and Guettel depict the media frenzy to offer questions about the impact of immediacy and publicity.
—Christian Lewis, Variety, 22 Apr. 2025
The piece concerns political intrigue in 1682, but this performance features a blunt, vernacular new translation of the libretto; a staging of skin-crawling immediacy; and a fierce, unsentimental reading of the score.
—Jeffrey Arlo Brown, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
However oddly this may strike you at first, that fresh breeze from the East has the effect of blowing away the cobwebs, giving her renderings the immediacy and wit of the original.
—Daniel Mendelsohn, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
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Anuz Thapa, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2025
Landau and Guettel depict the media frenzy to offer questions about the impact of immediacy and publicity.
—Christian Lewis, Variety, 22 Apr. 2025
The piece concerns political intrigue in 1682, but this performance features a blunt, vernacular new translation of the libretto; a staging of skin-crawling immediacy; and a fierce, unsentimental reading of the score.
—Jeffrey Arlo Brown, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
However oddly this may strike you at first, that fresh breeze from the East has the effect of blowing away the cobwebs, giving her renderings the immediacy and wit of the original.
—Daniel Mendelsohn, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 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 1 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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