immediate problem

collocation in English

meaningsofimmediateandproblem

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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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problem
noun[C]
uk
/ˈprɒb.ləm/us
/ˈprɑː.bləm/
a situation, person, or thing that needs attention and needs to be dealt with ...
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(Definition ofimmediateandproblemfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Animmediateproblemlies in the use of liability as a term to convey quite different ideas.
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Animmediateproblem, however, is the elucidation of the mechanism for binding elements of a percept in time.
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By then, theimmediateproblemin local administration the new charter had been meant to address may well have faded from view.
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There is animmediateproblemin deciding what is meant by an 'object', since many objects are decomposable.
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If this were the case, increasing scarcity would not appear to be animmediateproblem.
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But there is animmediateproblem: there were no debates about territorial constituencies at the founding.
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Klaeber'simmediateproblemis not the sequence of events, but rather the status of the thief.
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Even supposing that the bulk of the serving teachers return to teaching, here is animmediateproblemcalling for drastic measures to meet it.
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Theimmediateproblemof the supply of coal had to be tackled at once.
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I know he is fully occupied with theimmediateproblemof the increase in output of coal.
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There is noimmediateproblemthere for the foreseeable future.
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If we think simply of theimmediateproblem, we might spend money like water and achieve no permanent purpose.
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I come now to theimmediateproblemof shelters.
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The new clause is not, therefore, designed to counter animmediateproblem.
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Theimmediateproblemthen was that the dollar was much too high.
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Theimmediateproblemis the transfer of workers to essential industries many of which are having to be built up at a rapid rate.
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I hope it will be recognised by everyone that it has become a veryimmediateproblem.
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Beyond the pensioners'immediateproblemlies the distant objective of pension equalisation at the age of 65.
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For the people in the house, however, it is animmediateproblemand one in which they seem to have no power.
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It is not merely theimmediateproblemof bringing food to the starving and medical supplies to the wounded and the sick.
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