immediate task

collocation in English

meaningsofimmediateandtask

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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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task
noun
uk
/tɑːsk/
us
/tæsk/
a piece of work to be done, especially one done regularly, unwillingly, or ...
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(Definition ofimmediateandtaskfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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For these reasons, it is especially notable that the group difference in reaction time for theimmediatetaskemerged as strongly reliable.
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In theimmediatetask, the child was told to respond as quickly as possible when the stimulus appeared.
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Theimmediatetask, as far as the interactants are concerned, is how to make and refuse a request.
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Oneimmediatetask, currently being undertaken, is to implement the above generalised deforestation algorithm into a functional language compiler.
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The historical timing of this union may have been hotly disputed but it was agreed that theimmediatetaskwas one of recovery and restoration.
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Support for that body is ourimmediatetask.
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But theimmediatetaskis to see what can be achieved by greater efficiency.
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It will be myimmediatetaskto supervise this.
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Ourimmediatetaskis to agree urgent and practical steps to make our policy effective.
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Ourimmediatetaskis to suggest measures that will further assist small business men immediately.
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Theimmediatetaskfor management must be to drive forward the commercial development of the business.
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By the end of 1950 theimmediatetaskof post-war recovery was completed.
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Theimmediatetaskis to restore law and order, which the forces and police are doing.
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Theimmediatetaskis to complete the implementation of the 1991–92 award.
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Theimmediatetaskis to establish a framework which spells out a guarantee for the parties.
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Theimmediatetaskahead will not be easy.
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Myimmediatetaskis to try to carry that programme forward.
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That is theimmediatetaskon which we shall focus.
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Theimmediatetaskis to concentrate all our efforts on stamping out the epidemic.
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That is the measure of theimmediatetask.
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