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Meaning of immediate in English
Pronunciation
/ɪˈmidiət/
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Classifying Adjective
immediate
Definitions
1.
very close or connected in space or time
Examples
« contiguous events »
« immediate contact »
« the immediate vicinity »
« the immediate past »
Synonyms
close
2.
immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect
Examples
« the immediate result »
« the immediate cause of the trouble »
Synonyms
proximate
3.
of the present time and place
Examples
« the immediate revisions »
Synonyms
present(a)
4.
performed with little or no delay
Examples
« an immediate reply to my letter »
« prompt obedience »
« was quick to respond »
« a straightaway denial »
Synonyms
fast
Qualitative Adjective
immediate
Etymology
late Middle English (in the sense ‘nearest in space or order’): from Old French immediat, or from late Latin immediatus, from in-‘not’ + mediatus‘intervening’, past participle of mediare (see mediate)
Definitions
1.
having no intervening medium
Examples
« an immediate influence »
Synonyms
direct
unmediated
Antonyms
mediate