What does immediate mean?
Definitions for immediate
ɪˈmi di ɪtim·me·di·ate
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word immediate.
Princeton's WordNet
immediate(adj)
of the present time and place
"the immediate revisions"
contiguous, immediate(adj)
very close or connected in space or time
"contiguous events"; "immediate contact"; "the immediate vicinity"; "the immediate past"
immediate(adj)
having no intervening medium
"an immediate influence"
immediate(adj)
immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect
"the immediate result"; "the immediate cause of the trouble"
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
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
immediate(Adjective)
Very close; direct or adjacent.
Etymology: From immediat, from immediatus, from in + mediatus, past participle of medio, from medius
Webster Dictionary
Immediate(adj)
not separated in respect to place by anything intervening; proximate; close; as, immediate contact
Immediate(adj)
not deferred by an interval of time; present; instant
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
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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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'immediate' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1655
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'immediate' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3388
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'immediate' in Adjectives Frequency: #214
Anagrams for immediate »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of immediate in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of immediate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of immediate in a Sentence
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.
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.
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.
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.
[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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- immediat, pròximCatalan, Valencian
- bezprostřední, okamžitýCzech
- tæt, øjeblikkeligDanish
- unmittelbar, immediat, sofortigGerman
- άμεσοςGreek
- tujaEsperanto
- inmediatoSpanish
- آنی (بلافاصله), نزدیکPersian
- välitön, lähi-Finnish
- immédiat, procheFrench
- gradScottish Gaelic
- inmediatoGalician
- immediato, prossimo, diretto, strettoItalian
- 即時Japanese
- 즉시Korean
- direct, onmiddellijkDutch
- umiddelbareNorwegian
- imediatoPortuguese
- imediatRomanian
- бли́зкий, ближа́йший, окре́стный, неме́дленныйRussian
- omedelbar, ögonblickligSwedish
- తక్షణTelugu
- באלדיקYiddish
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