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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 Word Forms
- ··徱·ٱ·Ա noun
- ··徱·ٱ· adverb
- ܲ·-··徱·ٱ adjective
- ܲ···徱·ٱ adjective
- un···徱·ٱ·Ա noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of immediate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of immediate1
Example Sentences
And winning on a small share of the vote raises immediate questions about your mandate.
Trump’s own tariff policies, intended in theory to rebalance global trade to the benefit of U.S. manufacturers and farmers, risk immediate pain to American households and a prolonged economic crisis.
“The Sopranos” became an immediate cultural phenomenon when it premiered in January 1999, a Mafia drama with unusual depths of character development and narrative vigor.
In the immediate aftermath of January’s Palisades fires, which wiped out more than 6,800 structures and much of the neighborhood’s iconic high school, there was doubt about whether the baseball program would even survive.
Defending their title will not be easy, but having committed his immediate future to the club with a new two-year contract earlier this month, Salah is confident.
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