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单词 immediacy
释义

immediacy

noun

im·​me·​di·​a·​cy i-ˈmē-dē-ə-sē How to pronounce immediacy (audio)
 British often  -ˈmē-jə-sē
plural immediacies
1
: the quality or state of being immediate
2
: something that is immediate
usually used in plural

Synonyms

  • adjacency
  • closeness
  • contiguity
  • nearness
  • propinquity
  • proximity
  • vicinity
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Example Sentences

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.
Recent Examples on the Web His goal was to capture a sense of immediacy that requires the musicians to focus on emotional expression and real-time interplay without having time to overthink their parts. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2022 Particularly illuminating are the lessons drawn from her experience as mother to two precocious daughters who specialize in schooling her in the wisdom of immediacy. Melissa Holbrook Pierson, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022 Godwin paid close attention to point of view, abandoning early pages written in the third person in favor of the immediacy of first-person narration. Martin Edwards, WSJ, 13 Aug. 2022 Mobile banking provides immediacy, convenience and a wider range of options than what’s available on websites. Yaron Morgenstern, Forbes, 6 July 2022 Rodriguez hopes to translate that sense of immediacy into her live performances, too, having worked with a choreographer for the first time in her career. Liam Hess, Vogue, 26 May 2022 With Gladys gone, that leaves an emotional void around the title character, which may be true to life, but robs the film of immediacy. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 May 2022 All this takes place on an array of almost palpably unlovely Los Angeles locations, filmed here with a restless run-and-gun immediacy. Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2022 And the vice chairwoman, Liz Cheney, Republican of Wyoming, used her remarks to underscore the immediacy. New York Times, 22 July 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1605, in the meaning defined at sense 1

immediacy

noun

as in proximity
the state or condition of being near the immediacy of Christmas is just beginning to dawn on many last-minute shoppers

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • proximity
  • nearness
  • contiguity
  • closeness
  • propinquity
  • vicinity
  • juxtaposition
  • adjacency
  • abutment

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • distance
  • remoteness
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