Definitions for immediacy
ɪˈmi di ə siim·me·di·a·cy

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. immediacy, immediatenessnoun

   lack of an intervening or mediating agency

   "the immediacy of television coverage"

2. immediacy, immediate apprehensionnoun

   immediate intuitive awareness

3. immediacy, immediateness, instantaneousness, instancynoun

   the quickness of action or occurrence

   "the immediacy of their response"; "the instancy of modern communication"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. immediacynoun

   the quality of being immediate, of happening right away

2. immediacynoun

   lack of mediation

3. immediacynoun

   immediate awareness or apprehension

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Immediacynoun

   Personal greatness; power of acting without dependance. This is a harsh word, and sense peculiar I believe to William Shakespeare.

   Etymology: immediateté, French, from immediate.

   He led our pow'rs,
   Bore the commission of my place and person;
   The which immediacy may well stand up,
   And call itself your brother. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. immediacy

   Immediacy generally refers to the quality of bringing one into direct and instant involvement with something, giving rise to a sense of urgency or excitement. It can be a state or condition of being happening or done without delay or very soon after something else, often indicating urgency, promptness or directness in relation to action or communication.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Immediacynoun

   the relation of freedom from the interventionof a medium; immediateness

Matched Categories

1. • Directness
   • Intuition
   • Quickness

How to pronounce immediacy?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say immediacy in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of immediacy in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of immediacy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of immediacy in a Sentence

1. Benjamin Eye:

   People love the immediacy, in the past, to get movie tickets we had to wait for stubs by mail; now we can redeem a perk, get the voucher and book the ticket all at once, on a phone.

2. Fred Muench:

   Overall, SMS campaigns for public health are the most effective medium for mass dissemination due to their reach, immediacy, opportunity for data collection and personalization, ability to tailor and adapt information, and opportunity to link to other sources, we found that personalizing and adaptively tailoring text messages has the largest effects compared to other types of messages.

3. Richard Austin:

   You really get a sense of the immediacy of this draft, the modern Olympics really comes down to this one man.

4. Governor Dannel Malloy:

   The further away we get from Dec. 14, 2012, the more apparent it is to me that the entire country was shaken to its core by the tragic events that occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary School, rather than losing its impact, or immediacy over time, the desire for changing polices and our laws to prevent another incident like this one increases on a daily basis.

5. Sally Satel:

   The non immediacy of it is arguably a benefit, sally Satel don’t want people acting impulsively. That’s why building in a time lag could be advantageous and allay anxiety.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=immediacy
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Immediacy
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=immediacy
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/immediacy