immediate

Adjective
Synonyms: contiguouspromptquickstraightaway

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (5)

  1. of the present time and place“the immediate revisions”
  2. very close or connected in space or time“contiguous events”“immediate contact”“the immediate vicinity”“the immediate past”Synonyms: contiguous
  3. having no intervening medium“an immediate influence”
  4. immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect“the immediate result”“the immediate cause of the trouble”
  5. performed with little or no delay“an immediate reply to my letter”“a prompt reply”“was quick to respond”“a straightaway denial”Synonyms: promptquickstraightaway
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Immediate \Im*me"di*ate\, a. [F. imm['e]diat. See In- not, and Mediate.]

1.Not separated in respect to place by anything intervening; proximate; close; as, immediate contact. [1913 Webster]

You are the most immediate to our throne.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.Not deferred by an interval of time; present; instant. "Assemble we immediate council." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Death . . . not yet inflicted, as he feared, By some immediate stroke.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

3.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. [1913 Webster]

The immediate knowledge of the past is therefore impossible.— Sir. W. Hamilton.[1913 Webster]

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.

Syn: Proximate; close; direct; next. [1913 Webster]

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