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noun
the state of being immediate; immediacy
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
lack of an intervening or mediating agency
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: immediacy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: directness, straightness
noun
the quickness of action or occurrence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: immediacy, instantaneousness, instancy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: celerity, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness
History
Etymology tree English immediate Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English immediateness From immediate + -ness.
Across languages
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