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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the quickness of action or occurrence;
- Example: "the immediacy of their response"
- Example: "the instancy of modern communication"
[syn: immediacy, immediateness, instantaneousness, instancy]

2. lack of an intervening or mediating agency;
- Example: "the immediacy of television coverage"
[syn: immediacy, immediateness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Immediateness \Im*me"di*ate*ness\, n. The quality or relations of being immediate in manner, place, or time; exemption from second or interventing causes. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

immediateness n 1: the quickness of action or occurrence; "the immediacy of their response"; "the instancy of modern communication" [syn: immediacy, immediateness, instantaneousness, instancy] 2: lack of an intervening or mediating agency; "the immediacy of television coverage" [syn: immediacy, immediateness] [ant: mediacy, mediateness]