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
- In some sense, men had always used an inductive method in dealing with their immediate practical concerns. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- In the long run, the workman may be as necessary to his master as his master is to him; but the necessity is not so immediate. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This change took from us the fear of an immediate catastrophe, although we were still anxious as to the final result. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It was of less immediate practical importance that it frequently defined them wrongly. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And so arrange them as to have them always in order for immediate reference, with a note of the contents of each outside it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In America the effects were immediate. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- If I inflicted this shock upon him to-morrow morning, how could the immediate change in him be accounted for? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- To believe is in this case to feel an immediate impression of the senses, or a repetition of that impression in the memory. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The Commission does not say, and I for one, ascribe the silence to the American preoccupation with immediate, definite, tangible interests. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It must always, in the long-run, be advanced to him by his immediate employer, in the advanced state of wages. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Of his immediate surroundings, his telescope is most intimately his environment. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Come, come; this is all an effusion of immediate want of spirits, Edward. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- For reasons worth analyzing later, these representative American citizens desired both the immediate taboo and an ultimate annihilation of vice. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Is it the immediate object of this confidence, that you may at once ascertain that, with my knowledge? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- His anger had not abated; it was rather rising the more as his sense of immediate danger was passing away. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- If it is employed in procuring present enjoyment, it is a stock reserved for immediate consumption. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Mrs. Dorset, examining her between lowered lids, met this with the immediate query: Who told you that? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Or, in less extreme cases, there is recourse to idle amusement; to anything which passes time with immediate agreeableness. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Louis Moore's doubts respecting the immediate evacuation of Fieldhead by Mr. Sympson turned out to be perfectly well founded. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Ordered to immediate action by the master's tone and look, the old man took up his hat from the little counter where it lay. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She made no immediate motion to do so, however, but dropping into a chair looked wearily about her. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The one immediate resource left to me appeared to be this. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- So they fell into the confusion of making immediate and detailed proposals that have nothing to do with the attainment of their ideal. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- From the moment that Tom saw him approaching, he felt an immediate and revolting horror at him, that increased as he came near. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- There was no immediate appearance. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Their success was immediate, and from these displays has grown the successes of today in pyrotechnics. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The crowd had gradually dispersed in their immediate vicinity, and they were nearly alone. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The first is that portion which is reserved for immediate consumption, and of which the characteristic is, that it affords no revenue or profit. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- At first he thought very little about anything but immediate things. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She knew Ursula as an immediate rival, and the knowledge strangely exhilarated her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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