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noun
The quality of being immediate, of happening right away.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Lack of mediation; directness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Immediate awareness or apprehension.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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noun
lack of an intervening or mediating agency
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: immediateness
Antonyms: mediacy
Broader terms: directness, straightness
noun
the quickness of action or occurrence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: immediateness, instantaneousness, instancy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: celerity, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness
noun
immediate intuitive awareness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: immediate apprehension
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: intuition
History
From immedi(ate) + -acy.
Across languages
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
