Immediate

Word IMMEDIATE
Character 9
Hyphenation im me di ate
Pronunciations /ɪˈmiːdɪət/

Definitions and meanings of "Immediate"

What do we mean by immediate?

Occurring at once; happening without delay. adjective

Of or near the present time. adjective

Of or relating to the present time and place; current. adjective

Close at hand; near: synonym: close. adjective

Next in line or relation. adjective

Acting or occurring without the interposition of another agency or object; direct. adjective

Not separated from its object or correlate by any third or medium; directly related; independent of any intermediate agency or action: opposed to remote: as, an immediate cause.

Having no space or object intervening; nearest; proximate; having the closest relation: as, immediate contact; the immediate neighborhood.

Without any time intervening; without any delay; present; instant: often used, like similar absolute expressions, with less strictness than the literal meaning requires: as, an immediate answer; immediate despatch.

In metaphysics, indemonstrable; intuitive; of the character of a direct perception not worked over by the mind.

Knowledge of an object as it exists, so that the qualities of our cognition are the qualities of the thing-in-itself.

Not separated in respect to place by anything intervening; proximate; close. adjective

Not deferred by an interval of time; present; instant. adjective

Acting with nothing interposed or between, or without the intervention of another object as a cause, means, or agency; acting, perceived, or produced, directly. adjective

An amputation performed within the first few hours after an injury, and before the the effects of the shock have passed away. adjective

Happening right away, instantly, with no delay adjective

Very close; direct or adjacent. adjective

Immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect adjective

Performed with little or no delay adjective

Happening right away, instantly, with no delay.

Very close; direct or adjacent.

Manifestly true; requiring no argument.

(of an instruction operand) embedded as part of the instruction itself, rather than stored elsewhere (such as a register or memory location)

(procedure word) Used to denote that a transmission is urgent.

(procedure word) An artillery fire mission modifier for to types of fire mission to denote an immediate need for fire: Immediate smoke, all guns involved must reload smoke and fire. Immediate suppression, all guns involved fire the rounds currently loaded and then switch to high explosive with impact fused (unless fuses are specified).

Synonyms and Antonyms for Immediate

The word "immediate" in example sentences

And this is a question which demands immediate attention -- _immediate_ attention; for more than £26,000,000 are paid by taxpayers each year to be spent in great part on our wretched system of poor laws. ❋ Giberne Sieveking (N/A)

Idealists discredit the veracity of consciousness as to our immediate knowledge of material phenomena, and, consequently, our _immediate knowledge of the existence of matter_. [ ❋ Unknown (1852)

The term immediate is used in contrast with that of gradual. ❋ John Greenleaf Whittier (1849)

They include what he called immediate cuts to the costs of maintaining Italy's bulky political class as well as significant measures to fight tax evasion. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Around the February time frame, we were running to a point where our fund balance was getting below what we were comfortable with, having to deal with existing disasters and future disasters, so we go into what we call immediate needs funding. ❋ Unknown (2010)

An "immediate" withdrawal, a la Obama, is totally unrealistic and would result in immediate genocide of those Iraquis who have helped and supported our troops. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Pop quiz: how many of your friends are, to the best of your knowledge, in immediate danger of having their planet blown up by hostile aliens? ❋ Unknown (2009)

How many of your friends are -- again, so far as you have been made aware -- in immediate danger of having their throats ripped out by werewolves? their blood sucked and their soul removed by sparkly vampires? ❋ Unknown (2009)

The only thing immediate is going to be the new TAXES! ❋ Unknown (2009)

Though the child is not in immediate danger the work seems to ponder the possibilities of the outcome. ❋ Spread ArtCulture (2010)

He was later led out of the courtroom and placed in immediate custody. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He does well, if he cannot see his right audience within immediate reach of his voice, to direct his words to his spiritual ancestors, or to posterity, or even, if need be, to a coterie. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But my husband has once, to each of the girls, because they put themselves or their sibling in immediate risk. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The contentment of Fernando Torres and promised transfer sprees deliver headlines that win immediate support for prospective new owners, but it is how quickly they construct a solution to a 40-year-old problem will determine Liverpool's long-term fortunes. ❋ Andy Hunter (2010)

The Saudis in immediate wake of September 11″ doctrine? ❋ Unknown (2010)

However, they know that whenever I come “home,” they are prohibited from watching FUX News as a condition of my visit, the violation of which will result in immediate termination of said visit. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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