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immediate

im·me·diate

UK/ɪˈmiː.dɪət/ US/ɪˈmiː.d͡ʒɪt/ common

adjective

1.

very close or connected in space or time

  • “contiguous events”
  • “immediate contact”
  • “the immediate vicinity”
  • “the immediate past”
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2.

having no intervening medium

  • “an immediate influence”
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3.

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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4.

of the present time and place

  • “the immediate revisions”
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5.

performed with little or no delay

  • “an immediate reply to my letter”
  • “prompt obedience”
  • “was quick to respond”
  • “a straightaway denial”
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Origin

From Old French immediat (French immédiat), borrowed from Late Latin immediātus (“without in-between, moderation”), from Latin in + mediātus, perfect passive participle of mediō (“to halve, to be in the middle”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from medius (“middle”). By surface analysis, im- + mediate.

Phrases

  • immediate family
  • immediate mode
  • immediate pursuit
  • immediate real-time

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