What does immediately mean?
Definitions for immediately
ɪˈmi di ɪt liim·me·di·ate·ly
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word immediately.
Princeton's WordNet
immediately, instantly, straightaway, straight off, directly, now, right away, at once, forthwith, like a shotadverb
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
"he answered immediately"; "found an answer straightaway"; "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith"; "Come here now!"
immediatelyadverb
near or close by
"he passed immediately behind her"
immediatelyadverb
bearing an immediate relation
"this immediately concerns your future"
Wiktionary
immediatelyadverb
In an immediate manner; instantly or without delay.
I hope we can begin immediately.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Immediatelyadverb
Etymology: from immediate.
God's acceptance of it, either immediately by himself, or mediately by the hands of the bishop, is that which vests the whole property of a thing in God. Robert South, Sermons.
Her father hath commanded her to slip
Away with Slender, and with him at Eaton
Immediately to marry. William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor.
Wikipedia
immediately
In legal usage, "immediately" forms several compounds based on its conventional definitions.
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immediately
Immediately is an adverb which means right away or without any delay. It refers to an action taking place as soon as another event is completed or occurring at once.
Webster Dictionary
Immediatelyadverb
in an immediate manner; without intervention of any other person or thing; proximately; directly; -- opposed to mediately; as, immediately contiguous
Immediatelyadverb
without interval of time; without delay; promptly; instantly; at once
Immediatelyadverb
as soon as. Cf. Directly, 8, Note
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'immediately' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #961
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'immediately' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1565
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'immediately' in Adverbs Frequency: #100
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of immediately in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of immediately in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of immediately in a Sentence
Lower income workers will be hit harder, they'll have to cut back their spending immediately. That has a significant multiplying effect throughout the world.
Manufacturers' failure to immediately recall all potentially affected products is placing consumers in danger of methanol poisoning, a warning letter has been issued to Eskbiochem S.A. de C.V. for distributing product with undeclared methanol, unapproved claims -- including incorrectly stating The FDA approval — and improper manufacturing practices.
The Mary Trump media, you know, moves immediately from -- OK, well, never mind -- the unmasking was, you know, found to be completely nonsensical to the latest alleged scandal and expects everybody to just follow suit, so, I dont think that we should be repeating unsubstantiated smears just because the rightwing media suggests that we should.
Because the monkey cannot create a copyrightable work, that work can never be copyrightable, in the case of a monkey's selfie by itself, that photograph immediately and forever falls into the public domain, and can be used by anyone, without permission.
Ivanka, you’re like that birth control pill Yaz. At first, it seemed like you’d be really cool and helpful but you need to be immediately recalled.
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- فورا, مباشرةً, فورًا, حالاًArabic
- immediatamentCatalan, Valencian
- hned, ihned, okamžitěCzech
- øjeblikkeligt, med det sammeDanish
- sofortGerman
- αμέσωςGreek
- tujEsperanto
- inmediatamente, sin demora, de inmediato, yaSpanish
- فوراPersian
- välittömästi, hetiFinnish
- immédiatement, tout de suite, aussitôtFrench
- anns a' bhad, sa bhadScottish Gaelic
- फ़ौरन, तत्काल, तुरंतHindi
- azonnal, sürgősen, rögtönHungarian
- langsungIndonesian
- quikIdo
- immediatamente, subitoItalian
- מידHebrew
- + に +ni, 直ちに, すぐにJapanese
- gaangs, eenzockLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- tūlītLatvian
- പെട്ടെന്ന്, ഉടനെMalayalam
- serta-mertaMalay
- ရုတ်ခြည်း, ဒက်ခနဲ, ဆောတလျင်, ရက်ရက်, ချက်ချင်း, ဆောလျင်စွာ, ချက်ခနဲBurmese
- onmiddellijk, direct, meteenDutch
- øyeblikkeligNorwegian
- hahNavajo, Navaho
- zaraz, natychmiastPolish
- imediatamentePortuguese
- imediat, fără întârziereRomanian
- немедленно, тотчас же, сию минуту, тотчасRussian
- सपदि, झटुतिSanskrit
- odmah, smjestaSerbo-Croatian
- takójSlovene
- på direkten, omgående, genast, ögonblickligen, omedelbartSwedish
- anında, derhal, hemenTurkish
- зараз, негайноUkrainian
- فوراUrdu
- sunädoVolapük
- תּיכּףYiddish
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