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adjective

Immediate adj.

Not separated in respect to place by anything intervening; proximate; close; as, immediate contact. "You are the most immediate to our throne."

Not deferred by an interval of time; present; instant. "Assemble we immediate council." "Death... not yet inflicted, as he feared, By some immediate stroke."

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."

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.

Synonyms: Proximate; close; direct; next.

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Etymology of 'Immediate'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Immediate" Quotes from Famous Books

... when Sperry must return to New York. His mail during the last few days compelled his immediate presence. Although he gauged the contents of several letters as false alarms there were three that left no room for refusal: one meant an operation that he dared not leave to his assistant's hands; the other two meant money. He had begun to notice, too, a little coldness on the part of his host; ...

— The Lady of Big Shanty • Frank Berkeley Smith

... said Darsie, 'if I could free myself from him without coming to an open rupture. Tell me, Lilias, do you think it possible that he can have any immediate attempt in view?' ...

— Redgauntlet • Sir Walter Scott

... night you did not know me, Mr. Harrisson. That is straintch! Have you forgotten Diedrich Kreutzkammer?" He says his name with a sort of quiet confidence of immediate recognition. But Fenwick only ...

— Somehow Good • William de Morgan

... The immediate result of Mr. Nicholls' declaration of attachment was, that he sent in his resignation of the curacy of Haworth; and that Miss Bronte held herself simply passive, as far as words and actions went, while ...

— The Life of Charlotte Bronte • Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

... new projects—roads, ports, electric power, communications—needed to refurbish the now overtaxed infrastructure. Although growth in 1990-91 must necessarily fall below the 1988-89 pace, Thailand's immediate economic outlook is good, assuming the continuation of prudent government policies in the context ...

— The 1990 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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