immediate
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Britannica Dictionary definition of IMMEDIATE
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a
:
happening or done without delay
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This requires your immediate attention.
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The new restaurant was an immediate success.
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This crisis calls for immediate action.
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The response to the crisis was immediate.
b
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happening or existing now
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The wildfire poses no immediate threat to any houses in the area.
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The danger is not immediate.
c
always used before a noun,
[more immediate; most immediate]
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important now
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Our (most) immediate concern is to provide aid to the victims.
2
always used before a noun
a
:
close to a particular place
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They have evacuated everyone in the immediate area/vicinity of the wildfire.
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outside the immediate neighborhood/surroundings
b
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close to a particular time or event
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Many people suffered in the war's immediate aftermath.
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The effect of the new policy will be unknown for the immediate future.
3
always used before a noun
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having no other person or thing in between
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Turn right onto Main Street and then take your immediate left. [=quickly turn onto the next street on your left]
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He was sitting to my immediate right.
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The company president will choose her immediate successor.
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She was my immediate predecessor.
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He referred me to his immediate superior.
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Hospital visits are limited to immediate family. [=a person's parents, brothers and sisters, husband or wife, and children]
4
always used before a noun
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coming straight from a cause or reason
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The immediate [=direct] cause of death was pneumonia.
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There is an immediate connection between the two events.
