immediate Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective satellite of the present time and place
- the immediate revisions
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adjective satellite very close or connected in space or time
contiguous.
- contiguous events
- immediate contact
- the immediate vicinity
- the immediate past
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adjective having no intervening medium
- an immediate influence
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adjective satellite immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect
- the immediate result
- the immediate cause of the trouble
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adjective satellite performed with little or no delay
quick; straightaway; prompt.
- an immediate reply to my letter
- a prompt reply
- was quick to respond
- a straightaway denial
WordNet
Im*me"di*ate adjective
Etymology
F.Definitions
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Not separated in respect to place by anything intervening; proximate; close; as, .immediate contactYou are the most immediate to our throne. Shak.
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Not deferred by an interval of time; present; instant. "Assemble we immediate council." Shak.Death . . . not yet inflicted, as he feared, By some immediate stroke. Milton.
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Acting with nothing interposed or between, or without the intervention of another object as a cause, means, or agency; acting, perceived, or produced, directly; as, an .immediate causeThe immediate knowledge of the past is therefore impossible. Sir. W. Hamilton.
Syn. -- Proximate; close; direct; next.