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Immediate Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Immediate? [adj] very close or connected in space or time; "contiguous events"; "immediate contact"; "the immediate vicinity"; "the immediate past" [adj] having no intervening medium; "an immediate influence" [adj] performed with little or no delay; "an immediate reply to my letter"; "prompt obedience"; "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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Immediate: close \| contiguous \| direct \| fast \| present(a) \| prompt \| proximate \| quick \| straightaway \| unmediated Related Terms \| Find terms related to Immediate: about to be \| abrupt \| accessible \| actual \| adjacent \| adjoining \| alert \| already in sight \| approaching \| apt \| articulated \| as is \| at hand \| attendant \| automatic \| available \| being \| bordering \| brewing \| catenated \| ceaseless \| close \| close at hand \| closest \| coming \| concatenated \| connected \| connecting \| constant \| contemporaneous \| contemporary \| conterminous \| contiguous \| continual \| continued \| continuing \| continuous \| coterminous \| current \| cursory \| cyclical \| decisive \| direct \| end to end \| endless \| endways \| endwise \| existent \| existing \| expeditious \| extant \| face to face \| featureless \| festinate \| feverish \| firsthand \| flying \| forthcoming \| fresh \| furious \| future \| gapless \| gathering \| going to happen \| hair-trigger \| hasty \| hurried \| immanent \| imminent \| impendent \| impending \| in danger imminent \| in prospect \| in reserve \| in store \| in the cards \| in the offing \| in the wind \| in view \| incessant \| indwelling \| inherent \| instant \| instantaneous \| instinctive \| interminable \| irreversible \| joined \| jointless \| juxtaposed \| juxtapositional \| juxtapositive \| last-minute \| latest \| lightning-like \| linked \| looming \| lowering \| lurking \| menacing \| modern \| momentaneous \| momentary \| monotonous \| near \| near at hand \| nearby \| nearest \| nearing \| nearmost \| neighbor \| neighboring \| never-ending \| new \| next \| nigh \| nighest \| nonstop \| on board \| on deck \| on hand \| on the horizon \| on the spot \| one-way \| overhanging \| passing \| perennial \| periodic \| preparing \| present \| present-age \| present-day \| present-time \| pressing \| presto \| primary \| prompt \| proximate \| punctual \| quick \| quick as lightning \| quick as thought \| ready \| recurrent \| reflex \| repetitive \| round-the-clock \| running \| seamless \| serried \| slap-bang \| slapdash \| smooth \| snap \| speedy \| spontaneous \| stable \| steady \| straight \| straightaway \| straightforward \| straightway \| sudden \| summary \| superficial \| swift \| that be \| that is \| that will be \| threatening \| to come \| topical \| twenty-four-hour \| unbroken \| unceasing \| undeviating \| undifferentiated \| unending \| unhesitating \| unidirectional \| uniform \| unintermitted \| unintermittent \| unintermitting \| uninterrupted \| unrelieved \| unremitting \| unstopped \| unswerving \| unthinking \| upcoming \| up-to-date \| up-to-the-minute \| urgent \| waiting \| within call \| within reach \| within sight See Also \| Immediate In Webster's Dictionary \Imme"diate\, a. [F. imm['e]diat. See {In-} not, and {Mediate}.] 1. Not separated in respect to place by anything intervening; proximate; close; as, immediate contact. You are the most immediate to our throne. --Shak. 2. Not deferred by an interval of time; present; instant. ``Assemble we immediate council.'' --Shak. Death . . . not yet inflicted, as he feared, By some immediate stroke. --Milton. 3. 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. The immediate knowledge of the past is therefore impossible. --Sir. W. Hamilton. {Immediate amputation} (Surg.), an amputation performed within the first few hours after an injury, and before the the effects of the shock have passed away. Syn: Proximate; close; direct; next.

Immediate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Immediate?

[adj] very close or connected in space or time; "contiguous events"; "immediate contact"; "the immediate vicinity"; "the immediate past"
[adj] having no intervening medium; "an immediate influence"
[adj] performed with little or no delay; "an immediate reply to my letter"; "prompt obedience"; "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"

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Immediate In Webster's Dictionary

\Im*me"di*ate\, a. [F. imm['e]diat. See {In-} not, and
{Mediate}.]
1. Not separated in respect to place by anything intervening;
   proximate; close; as, immediate contact.

         You are the most immediate to our throne. --Shak.

2. Not deferred by an interval of time; present; instant.
   ``Assemble we immediate council.'' --Shak.

         Death . . . not yet inflicted, as he feared, By some
         immediate stroke.                     --Milton.

3. 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.

         The immediate knowledge of the past is therefore
         impossible.                           --Sir. W.
                                               Hamilton.

{Immediate amputation} (Surg.), an amputation performed
   within the first few hours after an injury, and before the
   the effects of the shock have passed away.

Syn: Proximate; close; direct; next.

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