sense of immediacy
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsenseandimmediacy
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sense
noun
uk/sens/us/sens/
an ability to understand, recognize, value, or react to something, especially any of the five physical abilities to see, hear, smell, taste, ...
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immediacy
noun[U]
uk/ɪˈmiː.di.ə.si/us/ɪˈmiː.di.ə.si/
the fact that something seems real and important, so that you feel involved ...
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(Definition ofsenseandimmediacyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There is asenseofimmediacyin the communication between artist and the individual audience member, a commonality of feeling and conceptualisation that is shared.
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Taking advantage of private collections and increasingly available archival sources, the author adds asenseofimmediacyby including interviews.
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Moreover, adopting this advised vantage point brings asenseofimmediacyand inclusion to the viewer.
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A greatersenseofimmediacywould have been obtained generally had the workers been allowed to speak themselves instead of the authors speaking on their behalf.
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I do not think that there exists thatsenseofimmediacyand urgency in regard to widespread pollution.
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There is asenseofimmediacyabout this.
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Unlike many other art forms, film produces asenseofimmediacy.
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His figures, which are imbued with asenseofimmediacy, enliven his architectural scenes.
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The brushstrokes are broad and wide, giving the painting has a vividsenseofimmediacy; the figures within the painting almost seem to be moving.
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There is a simple elegance and an unexpectedsenseofimmediacyand lightness in his work.
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All the figures appear in the foreground, which is on a single plane, lending asenseofimmediacyto the picture.
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Overall, the effect creates asenseofimmediacy, the here and the now.
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Sloan's spontaneous brushwork give the painting asenseofimmediacy, while his careful attention to light and shade suggests the passage of time.
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Rubens used the dramatics of diagonals to heighten thesenseofimmediacyand movement and redirected attention downward into the center of action.
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Robinson hoped to provoke the imagination and produce asenseofimmediacyin contrast to the shortcomings he saw in children's television at the time.
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