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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesimmédiateté
Pronunciation / Transliteration: im-mé-dia-té
"La télévision donne une impression d'immédiateté."
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The quality of bringing one into direct and instant involvement with something, giving rise to a sense of urgency or excitement.
"The live broadcast gave the news report a striking sense of immediacy."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Late Latin word 'immediatatus', formed from the prefix 'in-' (not) and 'mediatus' (mediate, in the middle). Entering English in the mid-17th century, it evolved from signifying the absence of an intervening agency or medium to denoting directness, urgency, and the quality of bringing things vividly to the present moment.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Immediacy" is said worldwide
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immédiateté
Transliteration: im-mé-dia-té
"La télévision donne une impression d'immédiateté."
Unmittelbarkeit
Transliteration: Un-mit-tel-bar-keit
"Die Unmittelbarkeit des Erlebnisses war beeindruckend."
immediatezza
Transliteration: im-me-djat-tez-za
"Il testo ha un'enorme immediatezza espressiva."
inmediatez
Transliteration: in-me-dja-tes
"Las redes sociales exigen una gran inmediatez."
imediatismo
Transliteration: i-me-dja-tiz-mu
"O jornalismo atual é dominado pelo imediatismo."
तत्काल प्रभाव
Transliteration: tatkaal prabhāv
"इस फैसले का तत्काल प्रभाव होना चाहिए।"
紧迫性
Transliteration: jǐnpò xìng
"现场直播给人一种强烈的现场感和紧迫性。"
직접성
Transliteration: jik-jeop-seong
"이 매체는 소통의 직접성을 제공한다."
即時性
Transliteration: sokujisei
"インターネットニュースには即時性が求められる。"
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