immediate help

collocation in English

meaningsofimmediateandhelp

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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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help
noun
uk
/help/
us
/help/
the act of helping ...
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(Definition ofimmediateandhelpfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Our semantics is very programmer-oriented, giving noimmediatehelpto those interested in automatic program analysis.
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Many in the study needed an informal carer to whom they could turn whenimmediatehelpwas required.
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Our communities needimmediatehelp.
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These people needimmediatehelp.
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The farmer wantsimmediatehelp.
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Young people need ourimmediatehelp.
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Yourimmediatehelpwill be a godsend.
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We suggest recycling resources to giveimmediatehelp.
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There must be moreimmediatehelpthan that.
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The direct injection of capital is undoubtedly animmediatehelp.
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It is the wrong time scale forimmediatehelp.
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We say that there is need forimmediatehelp.
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That is the mostimmediatehelpthey require.
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They needimmediatehelpto deal with the problem.
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In addition, they concluded that the recognition of symptoms as cardiac in origin did not necessarily mean thatimmediatehelpwas sought.
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However, even in 1942, the city administration found that givingimmediatehelpto a relatively small number of people was often difficult.
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Many are references to official publications and to specific archival sources, neither of which are easily accessible, nor ofimmediatehelpto the target readership.
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It is vital that we giveimmediatehelpto the poorest pensioners.
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We hope to obtain someimmediatehelpand assistance in that manner.
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That is effective andimmediatehelpdirected at those on low incomes.
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While our pundits battle over their rival theories, agriculture cries out forimmediatehelp.
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The danger is that such efforts may teeter unless they are provided withimmediatehelp.
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Will he consider these unorthodox steps in order to bringimmediatehelp?
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We want to do that which is quickest and that which provides the mostimmediatehelp.
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