immediate need

collocation in English

meaningsofimmediateandneed

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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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need
noun
uk
/niːd/
us
/niːd/
the state of having to have something that you do not have, especially something that you must have so that you can have a ...
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(Definition ofimmediateandneedfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It cannot learn or grow, but can only express itsimmediateneedand immediate grief.
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Estimates of the number of families inimmediateneedof housing ranged from 250,000 to 300,000.
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Alternatively, it could be that animmediateneedfor money overcame a long-term disadvantage.
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I can ask and answer simple questions in areas ofimmediateneedor on very familiar topics.
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Can describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background, immediate environment and matters in areas ofimmediateneed.
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What is theimmediateneed.
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That is theimmediateneed.
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Theimmediateneedwas for temporary housing.
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The need is animmediateneed.
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Theimmediateneedis for 100 beds.
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There is noimmediateneedfor cash.
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This is a vital andimmediateneed.
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There is noimmediateneedfor it.
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The first is theimmediateneed.
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Can ask and answer simple questions, initiate and respond to simple statements in areas ofimmediateneedor on very familiar topics.
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The project started about six months after the architectural competition, so ourimmediateneedwas to catch up with progress already made.
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Early recognition of new epizootics is essential to direct mobilization of the appropriate control strategies to those areas in mostimmediateneed.
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We have animmediateneedfor six carriers.
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Theimmediateneedis, of course, for more financial support.
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Theimmediateneedis to avoid disaster this summer.
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Theimmediateneedof a hungry man is food.
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There is animmediateneedfor import restriction.
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Therefore, theimmediateneedis to carry forward these powers.
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Theimmediateneedis to create smaller units of work.
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There is animmediateneedfor managing risk more effectively.
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