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UK
/ɪmˈiːdɪət/
]
[ US /ˌɪˈmiˌdiət/ ]
[ US /ˌɪˈmiˌdiət/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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having no intervening medium
an immediate influence -
performed with little or no delay
was quick to respond
a prompt reply
an immediate reply to my letter
a straightaway denial -
immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect
the immediate cause of the trouble
the immediate result -
of the present time and place
the immediate revisions -
very close or connected in space or time
immediate contact
contiguous events
the immediate past
the immediate vicinity
How To Use immediate In A Sentence
- Some spring from immediately below the earth, and may more properly be termed suckers; the others grow on the visible part of the stem or caudex, often close to the oldest leaves; these should be cut off with a sharp knife, in early summer, and if they have a little of the parent bark attached to them all the better. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.
- He comes from nowhere to win this contest and immediately is able to grasp a lot of the intricacies of the moviemaking process.
- I still see Mr. Berman's portable shtender in the shul and I have to smile because I immediately see his warm gentle smile and think about how fortunate I was to have met your father.
- The recession shows no signs of easing in the immediate future.
- Immediately above the anterior perforated substance, the pear-shaped head of the caudate nucleus is confluent with the putamen of the lentiform nucleus.
- Upon warily entering a cafe you're immediately barked at for your order.
- The present crisis is analogous with the situation immediately before the war.
- The only cloud on the immediate horizon is raising a mortgage - especially if you are a first time buyer.
- York were immediately on the back foot but repelled a series of short corners and managed to engineer a breakaway attack.
- Promotion will mean that I'm immediately above him in rank.