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What (who) is immediate - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Immediate (disambiguation)
Immediate
·adj Not deferred by an interval of time; present; instant.
II. Immediate ·adj Not separated in respect to place by anything intervening; proximate; close; as, immediate contact.
III. Immediate ·adj 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.
immediate
¦ adjective
1. occurring or done at once.
most urgent; current.
2. nearest in time, space, or relationship.
(of a relation or action) direct: coronary thrombosis was the immediate cause of death.
3. Philosophy (of knowledge or reaction) intuitive.
Derivatives
immediateness noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. immediat, or from late L. immediatus, from in- 'not' + mediatus 'intervening', past participle of mediare (see mediate).
immediate
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
An immediate result, action, or reaction happens or is done without any delay.
These tragic incidents have had an immediate effect...
My immediate reaction was just disgust.
= instant
ADJ: usu ADJ n
2.
Immediate needs and concerns exist at the present time and must be dealt with quickly.
Relief agencies say the immediate problem is not a lack of food, but transportation.
= pressing
ADJ: usu ADJ n
3.
The immediate person or thing comes just before or just after another person or thing in a sequence.
His immediate superior, General Geichenko, had singled him out for special mention.
ADJ: ADJ n
4.
You use immediate to describe an area or position that is next to or very near a particular place or person.
Only a handful had returned to work in the immediate vicinity...
ADJ: ADJ n
5.
Your immediate family are the members of your family who are most closely related to you, for example your parents, children, brothers, and sisters.
ADJ: ADJ n
Wikipedia
Immediate
Immediate may refer to:
- Immediate Records, a British record label
- The Immediate, an Irish rock group
- Immediate Media Company, British publishing house
- Immediate Music, library music company
- Short for immediate value
Examples of use of immediate
1. "Providing an immediate safety net will help avoid a humanitarian crisis and end the immediate suffering."
2. Palestinian police had no immediate comment and there was no immediate claim of responsibility.
3. There was no immediate word on who represented North Korea, whose mission had no immediate comment on the talks.
4. "The immediate impact can be severe but we have not been able to do an immediate assessment," said U.N.
5. There was not immediate information about damage.