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immediate
adjective(im-me-di-ate)
very close or connected in space or time
Synonyms: contiguous,
Examples:
Immediate contact.
The immediate vicinity.
The immediate past.
immediate
adjective(im-me-di-ate)
performed with little or no delay
Synonyms: prompt, quick, straightaway,
Examples:
An immediate reply to my letter.
immediate
adjective(im-me-di-ate)
having no intervening medium
Antonyms: mediate,
Examples:
An immediate influence.
immediate
adjective(im-me-di-ate)
immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect
Examples:
The immediate result.
The immediate cause of the trouble.
immediate
adjective(im-me-di-ate)
of the present time and place
Examples:
The immediate revisions.

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