Definitions for immediate
ɪˈmi di ɪtim·me·di·ate

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. immediate(adj)

   of the present time and place

   "the immediate revisions"

2. contiguous, immediate(adj)

   very close or connected in space or time

   "contiguous events"; "immediate contact"; "the immediate vicinity"; "the immediate past"

3. immediate(adj)

   having no intervening medium

   "an immediate influence"

4. immediate(adj)

   immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect

   "the immediate result"; "the immediate cause of the trouble"

5. immediate, prompt, quick, straightaway(adj)

   performed with little or no delay

   "an immediate reply to my letter"; "a prompt reply"; "was quick to respond"; "a straightaway denial"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. immediate(Adjective)

   happening right away, instantly, with no delay

   People these days expect immediate results when they click on a link.

   Etymology: From immediat, from immediatus, from in + mediatus, past participle of medio, from medius

2. immediate(Adjective)

   Very close; direct or adjacent.

   Etymology: From immediat, from immediatus, from in + mediatus, past participle of medio, from medius

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Immediate(adj)

   not separated in respect to place by anything intervening; proximate; close; as, immediate contact

2. Immediate(adj)

   not deferred by an interval of time; present; instant

3. Immediate(adj)

   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

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Immediate

   im-mē′di-āt, 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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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'immediate' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1655

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'immediate' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3388

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'immediate' in Adjectives Frequency: #214

Anagrams for immediate »

1. metiamide

How to pronounce immediate?

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   Alex

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   Daniel

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   Karen

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   Veena

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of immediate in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of immediate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of immediate in a Sentence

1. Yosian Diago:

   The neighborhood family doctor office is notified about anyone at home with symptoms and must take immediate action, the same students help the population understand what they can do to help, and well, this is how many cases have been detected.

2. State Security Minister David Mahlobo:

   This is not a new information, the information has been shared over the past few days, the information has been acted upon, in terms of our own threat analysis, we had to do a threat analysis, who is the source and what is happening, and came to the conclusion that there is no immediate danger.

3. David Burke:

   We're asking people to swap an immediate lethal risk for the threat of a small fine, if that helps keep a few dozen per year out of my trauma room, I'll take the governance.

4. Anthony Solomon:

   Without mapping we can not launch interventions, but I think that's ok. If there are bullets in the air the biggest health problem is not the risk of blindness in 20 or 30 years' time, it's something much more visceral and immediate.

5. Alexander Hamilton:

   [T]here is a wide difference between closing the door altogether and throwing it entirely open; between a postponement of fourteen years and an immediate admission to all the rights of citizenship. Some reasonable term ought to be allowed to enable aliens to get rid of foreign and acquire American attachments; to learn the principles and imbibe the spirit of our government; and to admit of at least a probability of their feeling a real interest in our affairs.

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