immediate
Use Immediate in a sentence
di adjective
1.
occurring or accomplished without delay; instant: an immediate reply.
2.
following or preceding without a lapse of time: the immediate future.
3.
having no object or space intervening; nearest or next: in the immediate vicinity.
4.
of or pertaining to the present time or moment: our immediate plans.
5.
without intervening medium or agent; direct: an immediate cause.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | taking place or accomplished without delay: an immediate reaction |
| 2. | closest or most direct in effect or relationship: the immediate cause of his downfall |
| 3. | having no intervening medium; direct in effect: an immediate influence |
| 4. | contiguous in space, time, or relationship: our immediate neighbour |
| 5. | present; current: the immediate problem is food |
| 6. | philosophy of or relating to an object or concept that is directly known or intuited |
| 7. | logic (of an inference) deriving its conclusion from a single premise, esp by conversion or obversion of a categorial statement |
| [C16: from Medieval Latin immediātus, from Latin | |
| im'mediacy | |
| —n | |
| im'mediateness | |
| —n | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
immediate
early 15c., from O.Fr. immediat, from L.L. immediatus "without anything between," from in- "not" + mediatus, pp. of mediare "to halve," later, "be in the middle," from L. medius "middle" (see medial).
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Example sentences
But the immediate bill for a break-up of the single currency would surely be in the trillions of euros.
His immediate success proves how closely he was in touch with his contemporaries.
He has an immediate, intuitive grasp of the situation, and knows how to make the patient feel understood and less alone.
Maybe there will be some additional breakthroughs that change this, but not in the immediate future.
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