immediate area
collocation in Englishmeaningsofimmediateandarea
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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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area
noun
uk/ˈeə.ri.ə/us/ˈer.i.ə/
a particular part of a place, piece of land, ...
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(Definition ofimmediateandareafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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When we did find pre-motor cells, our strategy was to exhaustively sample thatimmediatearea.
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Some relate to spatial scale - at what level, from the region and theimmediateareaaround one's home, do such variations and their causes occur?
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Our findings suggest that this cohort has maintained active links with friends in theimmediatearea.
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It is expected that this building would give protection outside theimmediateareaof an explosion.
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The most obvious andimmediateareaon which we should concentrate is the middle east.
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We must watch not only theimmediateareain which new buildings are erected, but the view for a considerable distance around.
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Secondly, we hope that the inquiry will examine housing prospects in theimmediatearea.
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They should get to know almost everyone living in theimmediatearea.
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A search of theimmediateareawas carried out, but no arrests have so far been made.
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The local people want to have control over affairs in theirimmediateareaand to be able to attend at least to minor local problems.
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It is the only school in theimmediateareawithout all-through secondary education.
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It would have been foolhardy of them to report the incident while in theimmediatearea, but their failure to do so later was wrong.
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It is often difficult to get national representatives from outside theimmediatearea.
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I will come to the question of the increased population in theimmediatearealater on.
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If the project goes ahead, there will certainly be some adverse effects on the environment in theimmediateareaof the terminal.
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These did not only come from theimmediatearea.
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We maintain that it is not an ecological disaster, even though it has severe effects on theimmediatearea.
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That is perhaps the mostimmediateareaof concern for the public generally.
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As a precautionary measure theimmediateareawas cleared and the train emptied.
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