immediate context
collocation in Englishmeaningsofimmediateandcontext
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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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context
noun[C]
uk/ˈkɒn.tekst/us/ˈkɑːn.tekst/
the situation within which something exists or happens, and that can help ...
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(Definition ofimmediateandcontextfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofimmediate context
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The temporary loss of a highly valued primary care service was theimmediatecontextwithin which the nurse-led service was introduced and experienced by patients.
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However, it would seem that positing knowledge of what is preferred implies that speakers take account of "something" in addition to theimmediatecontext.
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At another level, the series was conceived with an acute awareness of theimmediatecontextof reception.
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The emotional tone of parenting is not completely captured in theimmediatecontextof parent - child interaction.
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Also, in the manner of pro-forms, it is deictic, taking its meaning from another element in theimmediatecontext.
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In fact, it is difficult to conceive of how limited conversation would be if we were tied to discussing only things in theimmediatecontext.
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Because no obvious target can be traced from theimmediatecontext, the error probably should not be regarded as a movement error.
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Where this choice is not influenced by alliteration, each term may have been intended to convey a specific image appropriate to itsimmediatecontext.
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This type of humour, satire, can be difficult to translate outside itsimmediatecontext.
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These connections vary in strength due to the combined effects of the child's prior experience, just recent past, andimmediatecontext.
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We see the numbers out ofimmediatecontext(that is, in terms of the total population, the time of spread, and so forth).
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The cause of error (29) cannot be determined from theimmediatecontext.
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Topic was generally identified as whatever was being talked about, usually some concrete object or activity in theimmediatecontext.
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On the contrary, the drawings brought to the child's attention characters which are not part of hisimmediatecontextand introduced unfamiliar events.
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While linguistically-derived meanings do not have many contextual effects in theimmediatecontext, the act of ostension does.
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The purpose of this code is to determine the specific andimmediatecontextwhich motivated the speaker to make a justification.
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None is automatically progressive; each obtains its valence from theimmediatecontext.
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By far the most important andimmediatecontextfor decerebrating brains was, however, in response to the political pressures of animal protection and antivivisection movements.
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