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immediacy

/ɪˈmiːdi.əsi/

immediacy noun: the quality of being immediate, of happening right away.

Noun

immediacy (countable and uncountable, plural immediacies)

  1. The quality of being immediate, of happening right away.
    Synonyms:
    instantaneity
  2. Lack of mediation; directness.
  3. Immediate awareness or apprehension.

immediacy meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

immediacy in Tamil

உடனடித் தன்மை

immediacy in Urdu

عدم واسطہ, فوری پن

immediacy in Kannada

ನೇರನಂಟು, ಬೇಕಾದುದು, ನೇರಸಂಬಂಧ, ಹತ್ತಿರದಸಂಬಂಧ, ಪ್ರತ್ಯಕ್ಷವಾಗಿರುವಿಕೆ, ತುರ್ತು

Synonyms of immediacy

Forms of immediacy

pluralimmediacies

Origin of immediacy

From immedi(ate) + -acy.

Questions about immediacy

What does immediacy mean?
Immediacy means the quality of being immediate, of happening right away.
What is immediacy in Tamil?
Immediacy in Tamil is உடனடித் தன்மை. See Immediacy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is immediacy?
Immediacy is a noun.
How do you pronounce immediacy?
Immediacy is pronounced /ɪˈmiːdi.əsi/.
What is the plural of immediacy?
The plural of immediacy is immediacies.

Words near immediacy in the dictionary

  1. immechanical
  2. immechanically
  3. immed.
  4. immediable
  5. immediacies
  6. immediacy
  7. immediate
  8. immediate annuities
  9. immediate annuity
  10. immediate families
  11. immediate family

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: immediacy (page history and authors); immediacy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); immediacy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); immediacy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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