occurring or accomplished without delay; instant: an immediate reply.
following or preceding without a lapse of time: the immediate future.
having no object or space intervening; nearest or next: in the immediate vicinity.
of or relating to the present time or moment: our immediate plans.
without intervening medium or agent; direct: an immediate cause.
having a direct bearing: immediate consideration.
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.
Philosophy. directly intuited.
Origin of immediate
First recorded in 1525–35; from Medieval Latin immediātus.See im-2, mediate (adjective)
Still, the family maintains that immediate medical attention should have been provided.
The policing reforms in the Breonna Taylor settlement, explained|Fabiola Cineas|September 17, 2020|Vox
Asked Wednesday why that is the case, Biden replied, “I’ve been out of office for four years,” arguing that voters do not have an immediate sense of the progress the Obama administration made.
Biden questions whether a vaccine approved by Trump would be safe|Sean Sullivan|September 16, 2020|Washington Post
Three in five voters in Wisconsin express worries that they or someone in their immediate family might contract the coronavirus, with about a quarter overall saying they are very worried.
Post-ABC Wisconsin poll shows Biden holding narrow edge over Trump|Dan Balz, Emily Guskin|September 16, 2020|Washington Post
There was an immediate need to know where their employees are.
Are you ready to start traveling for work again? TripActions’ CEO is banking on it|Michal Lev-Ram, writer|September 15, 2020|Fortune
The reprieve takes some of the immediate heat off, but change is coming and a lot of businesses aren’t prepared.
Deep Dive: How the Summer of 2020 forced brand marketing to change for the better|jim cooper|September 14, 2020|Digiday
Their immediate response tells an important truth about a police slowdown that has spread throughout New York City in recent days.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Analysts interpreted it as an immediate ripple effect of the newly established US-Cuban détente.
Venezuela Says Goodbye to Its Lil Friend, While the Rest of the Continent Cheers|Catalina Lobo-Guererro|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
During the immediate protests for Michael Brown I walked in the crowd solo and mostly silent.
The Unbearable Whiteness of Protesting|Rawiya Kameir, Judnick Mayard|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
JUDNICK: The immediate supremacist reaction is to equalize everything.
The Unbearable Whiteness of Protesting|Rawiya Kameir, Judnick Mayard|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The story was so appalling, the attack so brutish and morally offensive, that it provoked an immediate, furious response.
Why It Was Right to Question Rolling Stone’s U-VA Rape Story|Michael Moynihan|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
With the war effectually over we enter a new economic era, and its immediate effect on prices is difficult to anticipate.
Herbert Hoover|Vernon Kellogg
All he got was a few looks of embarrassed concern from his immediate neighbours.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 16, 1914|Various
The council sent the mother and son away with the assurance of immediate action.
Comrades|Thomas Dixon
For immediate purposes, help might come even from that host of conservatives who believe all will be well if officials are honest.
Direct Legislation by the Citizenship through the Initiative and Referendum|James W. Sullivan
There was an immediate outbreak of hostile public opinion in Spain, which in Catalonia resulted in serious riots.
A History of Spain|Charles E. Chapman
British Dictionary definitions for immediate
immediate
/ (ɪˈmiːdɪət) /
adjective(usually prenominal)
taking place or accomplished without delayan immediate reaction
closest or most direct in effect or relationshipthe immediate cause of his downfall
having no intervening medium; direct in effectan immediate influence
contiguous in space, time, or relationshipour immediate neighbour
present; currentthe immediate problem is food
philosophyof or relating to an object or concept that is directly known or intuited
logic(of an inference) deriving its conclusion from a single premise, esp by conversion or obversion of a categorial statement
Derived forms of immediate
immediacyorimmediateness, noun
Word Origin for immediate
C16: from Medieval Latin immediātus, from Latin im- (not) + mediāre to be in the middle; see mediate