immediacy
noun
, British often -ˈmē-jə-sē\
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Synonyms & Antonyms for immediacy
Synonyms
adjacency, closeness, contiguity, nearness, propinquity, proximity, vicinity
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Working to save the lives and to repair the injuries of the victims of mass shootings, emergency room doctors know with immediacy what most of us can only imagine from a distance. — Patty Limerick, The Denver Post, "Limerick: We yearn to help after human tragedies, and there is a way," 16 Aug. 2019 Another touch point: the immediacy of the challenge was not an element in this Summer League’s test run, or at least it wasn’t enforced. — Jake Fischer, SI.com, "Coach's Challenges Are Coming: Is the NBA Ready?," 10 July 2019 There’s an immediacy, an urgency, to the music that is nearly irresistible. — Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, "Vans Warped Tour 2019: Top 11 acts to catch at only West Coast stop," 9 July 2019 The immediacy of Fratino’s work speaks to his distinctive treatment of surfaces. — Christopher Alessandrini, The New York Review of Books, "‘Boys Do It Better’: The Paintings of Louis Fratino," 18 May 2019 Zeroing in on his life in the early '70s, Davis and Minutaglio offer a kind of travelogue that follows Leary's time on the run from the authorities with present-tense immediacy. — Dan Singer, Dallas News, "Texas writers' book on Timothy Leary gets the TV treatment with Woody Harrelson to star," 18 July 2019 Audaciously anachronistic contemporary language lends further immediacy to the proceedings. — Los Angeles Times, "Review: ‘Men on Boats’ puts women at the helm of this thrill ride," 16 July 2019 But the technology is not perfect in terms of immediacy, according to Ray Wu, one of the co-founders of Keyto. — Helen Murphy, PEOPLE.com, "Trying Keto? This Breathalyzer Can Help Track Your Progress," 11 July 2019 Nor can a reproduction compare to the immediacy of the originals, which lures viewers into a personal rapport with the artist. — Claudia Kalb, National Geographic, "Explore Leonardo da Vinci works from Queen Elizabeth II's private collection," 14 May 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'immediacy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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