immediate future
collocation in Englishmeaningsofimmediateandfuture
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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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future
noun
uk/ˈfjuː.tʃər/us/ˈfjuː.tʃɚ/
a period of time that is ...
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(Definition ofimmediateandfuturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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But the response would be that this is the case only if we allow 'now ' to include theimmediatefuture.
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For maximum benefit, perennial grain programs must be expanded and initiated in theimmediatefuture.
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Memoirs brought together the recent past and the future, instead of theimmediatefuture-present and the future, or the recent past and the distant past.
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The end point of this trajectory - computer integration - might not be realizable in theimmediatefuture.
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Consequently, animmediatefuturedirection would be to extend the range and/or flesh out the mass of the distribution with a larger study.
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Yet, the interactions amongst such agents yield an effective manufacturing control that anticipates theimmediatefutureas a means to coordinate the activities.
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For theimmediatefuturethe tests will be simple parasitological ones, probably based on the egg stage.
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A 106 km telescope is not going to be built in theimmediatefuture.
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These forms are there, either as prospective objects in theimmediatefuture, or as transient objects of a passing present or very recent past.
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In theimmediatefuture, they are likely to be emulated by increasing numbers of people.
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The members also consult oracles regularly to divine theimmediatefuture.
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For example, people started to exchange mobile phone numbers, even if they did not plan to call the other person in theimmediatefuture.
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If upon retirement the value of assets is low, workers should be able to wait and retire in a better context in theimmediatefuture.
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It requires a child to coordinate motivations and interests with an orientation toward theimmediatefuture, that of the play session that will soon begin.
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The mere threat of reputational costs seems unlikely therefore to secure the intended changes in theimmediatefuture.
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Around 18% thought that they would continue in theimmediatefuture, and 72% said that they would continue for as long as possible.
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Another approach that we intend to investigate in theimmediatefutureis to try to recognise what we earlier referred to as ' incidental references ' in an article.
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This problem will grow in theimmediatefutureas the healthcare needs of the population are growing more rapidly than the money that countries can spend in this area.
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Although this is not necessarily realistic in theimmediatefuturefor all the policies, this assumption is likely to hold in the medium to long term.
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Imagination links the ' immediate past to itsimmediatefuture, they are what maintains it in the security of being ' (1964 : 67).
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