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im·me·di·a·cy    Audio Help   [i-mee-dee-uh-see] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -cies.
1.the state, condition, or quality of being immediate.
2.Often, immediacies. an immediate need: the immediacies of everyday living.
3.Philosophy.
a.immediate presence of an object of knowledge to the mind, without any distortions, inferences, or interpretations, and without involvement of any intermediate agencies.
b.the direct content of the mind as distinguished from representation or cognition.

[Origin: 1595–1605; immedi(ate) + -acy]
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im·me·di·a·cy    Audio Help   (ĭ-mē'dē-ə-sē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. im·me·di·a·cies
  1. The condition or quality of being immediate.
  2. Lack of an intervening or mediating agency; directness: the immediacy of live television coverage.
  3. Something immediate, as in importance.

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immediacy

noun
1. lack of an intervening or mediating agency; "the immediacy of television coverage" [ant: mediacy
2. immediate intuitive awareness 
3. the quickness of action or occurrence; "the immediacy of their response"; "the instancy of modern communication" 

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Immediacy

Im*me"di*a*cy\, n. The relation of freedom from the interventionof a medium; immediateness. --Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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