Dictionary definition · immediate
adjective
- of the present time and place"the immediate revisions"
- very close or connected in space or time"contiguous events"
- having no intervening medium"an immediate influence"
- immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect"the immediate result"
- performed with little or no delay"an immediate reply to my letter"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).