Immediate

[ɪ'miːdɪət] or [ɪ'midɪət]

Definition

(adj.) having no intervening medium; 'an immediate influence' .

(adj.) performed with little or no delay; 'an immediate reply to my letter'; 'a prompt reply'; 'was quick to respond'; 'a straightaway denial' .

(adj.) immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect; 'the immediate result'; 'the immediate cause of the trouble' .

(adj.) of the present time and place; 'the immediate revisions' .

Checker: Olga--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Not separated in respect to place by anything intervening; proximate; close; as, immediate contact.

(a.) Not deferred by an interval of time; present; instant.

(a.) 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 cause.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Proximate, close.[2]. Direct, without other agency.[3]. Instantaneous, instant, present.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Proximate, contiguous, present, direct, instant, next

ANT:Distant, remote, future, mediate

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Definition

adj. with nothing between two objects: not acting by second causes: direct: present: without delay.—n. Immē′diacy (Shak.) immediate or independent power.—adv. Immē′diātely.—ns. Immē′diāteness; Immē′diatism.

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Examples

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