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immediate
[ ih-mee-dee-it ]
adjective
- occurring or accomplished without delay; instant:
an immediate reply.
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- following or preceding without a lapse of time:
the immediate future.
- having no object or space intervening; nearest or next:
in the immediate vicinity.
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- of or relating to the present time or moment:
our immediate plans.
- without intervening medium or agent; direct:
an immediate cause.
- having a direct bearing:
immediate consideration.
- being family members who are very closely related to oneself, usually including one’s parents, siblings, spouse, and children:
my immediate family;
her immediate kin;
his immediate relatives.
- Philosophy. directly intuited.
immediate
/ ɪˈːɪə /
adjective
- taking place or accomplished without delay
an immediate reaction
- closest or most direct in effect or relationship
the immediate cause of his downfall
- having no intervening medium; direct in effect
an immediate influence
- contiguous in space, time, or relationship
our immediate neighbour
- present; current
the immediate problem is food
- philosophy of or relating to an object or concept that is directly known or intuited
- logic (of an inference) deriving its conclusion from a single premise, esp by conversion or obversion of a categorial statement
Derived Forms
- ˈ徱, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ··徱·ٱ·Ա noun
- ··徱·ٱ· adverb
- ܲ·-··徱·ٱ adjective
- ܲ···徱·ٱ adjective
- un···徱·ٱ·Ա noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of immediate1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of immediate1
Example Sentences
“In my view, nothing about this case demanded our immediate intervention,” Kagan wrote.
Whatever happens to Agoa in the immediate term, it seems that Trump's sweeping tariffs have scuppered hopes of the legislation being renewed.
The former frontbencher quit the Scottish Tories with immediate effect on Thursday.
With no immediate clue where he had come from, local people gave him the name Callum, after the Callands area where he was found.
They were for the immediate abolition of slavery and for Black rights, but they formed alliances with anti-slavery moderates and politicians who didn't want to go beyond the non-expansion of slavery.
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