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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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
There is room for experimentation, immediacy and risk.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
So begins a parable of obsession and loneliness related with such immediacy that even its relatively low stakes start to feel like life or death.
—Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
Weegee’s most successful photographs captured events like fires, car crashes, crime scenes, and their aftermath; the value of the pictures relied on their immediacy and sensationalism.
—Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 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 12 Mar. 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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