immediate aid

collocation in English

meaningsofimmediateandaid

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immediate
adjective
uk
/ɪˈmiː.di.ət/us
/ɪˈmiː.di.ət/
happening or done without delay or very soon after ...
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aid
noun
uk
/eɪd/us
/eɪd/
help ...
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(Definition ofimmediateandaidfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofimmediate aid

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It is this defenceless minority who need ourimmediateaid.
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So we need longer-term and future planning as well as theimmediateaidrequirements.
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In addition to strategic measures, this also requires an increase inimmediateaid.
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The problem is that we want to bringimmediateaidto the area.
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As well as supplyingimmediateaid, we must reunite them with their relatives and friends.
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Secondly, we should offerimmediateaidto get the oilwells going.
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I would also like to emphasise the need to provideimmediateaidand support for the victims.
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We have carried out the agreement most loyally and have sent a very large supply ofimmediateaid.
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That is not a thing that is irrelevant to the question ofimmediateaid, nor is it a wild proposal.
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It is going to go under, as my colleague has mentioned, and cease to be viable ifimmediateaidis not forthcoming.
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However, is it not important that those recommendations that can giveimmediateaidwithout additional cost to the public purse should be implemented without delay?
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She described him as a breath of fresh air and pledged 3.6 million ofimmediateaid.
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That type ofimmediateaid, comfort, support and help requires more than voluntary efforts could possibly provide, operating as they do without any major financial backing.
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It sent animmediateaidpackage as the first batch, and provided over worth of aid on the second batch.
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Now the responders can rapidly assess the remaining patients who are either expectant, or are in need ofimmediateaid.
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It is using rapid response vehicles, a euphemism for motorbikes, with a paramedically trained, well-equipped ambulance person as driver, ready to give expert andimmediateaiduntil the ambulance arrives.
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The national health system had collapsed and over half of the total population of 4.6 million were said to be in need ofimmediateaid.
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