immediacy
1Immediacy — may refer to:* Immediacy, a concept in English law * Immediacy, a concept in vested interest theory * Immediacy, a philosophical term * Immediacy, a condition in the Buddhist Twelve Nidānas * Immediacy (software), a content management systemee… …
2Immediacy — Im*me di*a*cy, n. The relation of freedom from the interventionof a medium; immediateness. Shak. [1913 Webster] …
3immediacy — (n.) c.1600, from IMMEDIATE (Cf. immediate) + CY (Cf. cy) …
4immediacy — [i mē′dē ə sē] n. the quality or condition of being immediate; esp., direct pertinence or relevance to the present time, place, purpose, etc …
5immediacy — noun VERB + IMMEDIACY ▪ lack ▪ convey ▪ The drawings convey both immediacy and a sense of violence. PHRASES ▪ a lack of immediacy ▪ …
6immediacy — im|me|di|a|cy [ıˈmi:diəsi] n [U] when something is important or urgent because it relates to a situation or event that is happening now immediacy of ▪ the immediacy of everyday experience ▪ Television brings a new immediacy to world events …
7immediacy — [[t]ɪmi͟ːdiəsi[/t]] N UNCOUNT: oft N of n The immediacy of an event or situation is the quality that it has which makes it seem important or exciting because it is happening at the present time. Do they understand the severity and the immediacy… …
8immediacy — noun 1. lack of an intervening or mediating agency (Freq. 6) the immediacy of television coverage • Syn: ↑immediateness • Ant: ↑mediacy • Derivationally related forms: ↑immediate …
9immediacy — im|me|di|a|cy [ ı midiəsi ] noun uncount a quality that makes you feel as though something is happening now and that you are involved in it: Local historical records can give history an added immediacy …
10immediacy — [ɪ mi:dɪəsi] noun the quality of providing direct and instant involvement: the power and immediacy of television images. ↘lack of delay; speed …