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Meaning of immediate in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /ɪˈmidiət/

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  1. 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. 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. 3. of the present time and place

    Examples

    • « the immediate revisions »

    Synonyms

    • present(a)
  4. 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
  5. 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

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