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English noun: immediateness

1. immediateness (attribute) the quickness of action or occurrence


SamplesThe immediacy of their response.
The instancy of modern communication.


Synonymsimmediacy, instancy, instantaneousness


Broader (hypernym)celerity, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness

2. immediateness (attribute) lack of an intervening or mediating agency


SamplesThe immediacy of television coverage.


Synonymsimmediacy


Broader (hypernym)directness, straightness


Attributeimmediate, mediate


Antonymsmediacy, mediateness









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