IMMEDIATE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • very close or connected in space or time
   Synonym(s)
   • contiguous (what does contiguous mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • contiguous events
   • immediate contact
   • the immediate vicinity
   • the immediate past
   Similar To
   • close (what does close mean?)
2. Meaning
   • having no intervening medium
   Usage Example(s)
   • an immediate influence
   Antonym(s)
   • mediate (what does mediate mean?)
   Similar To
   • direct (what does direct mean?)
   • unmediated (what does unmediated mean?)
   Attribute(s)
   • immediacy (what does immediacy mean?)
   • immediateness (what does immediateness mean?)
3. Meaning
   • performed with little or no delay
   Synonym(s)
   • prompt (what does prompt mean?)
   • quick (what does quick mean?)
   • straightaway (what does straightaway mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • an immediate reply to my letter
   • prompt obedience
   • was quick to respond
   • a straightaway denial
   Similar To
   • fast (what does fast mean?)
4. Meaning
   • immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect
   Usage Example(s)
   • the immediate result
   • the immediate cause of the trouble
   Similar To
   • proximate (what does proximate mean?)
5. Meaning
   • of the present time and place
   Usage Example(s)
   • the immediate revisions
   Similar To
   • present(a) (what does present(a) mean?)