Immediate (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective
  1. occurring or accomplished without delay; instant: an immediate reply.
  2. following or preceding without a lapse of time: the immediate future.
  3. having no object or space intervening; nearest or next: in the immediate vicinity.
  4. of or relating to the present time or moment: our immediate plans.
  5. without intervening medium or agent; direct: an immediate cause.
  6. having a direct bearing: immediate consideration.
  7. being family members who are very closely related to oneself, usually including one’s parents, siblings, spouse, and children: my immediate family;her immediate kin;his immediate relatives.
  8. directly intuited.
adjective (usually prenominal)
  1. taking place or accomplished without delay
  2. closest or most direct in effect or relationship
  3. having no intervening medium; direct in effect
  4. contiguous in space, time, or relationship
  5. present; current
  6. of or relating to an object or concept that is directly known or intuited
  7. (of an inference) deriving its conclusion from a single premise, esp by conversion or obversion of a categorial statement
Immediate (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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