Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb Without delay.
- adverb Without an intermediary; directly.
- conjunction As soon as; directly.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an immediate manner; without the intervention of anything; proximately; directly.
- Without lapse of time; without delay; instantly.
- Synonyms Instantaneously, promptly, forthwith, straightway.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an immediate manner; without intervention of any other person or thing; proximately; directly; -- opposed to
mediately . - adverb Without interval of time; without delay; promptly; instantly; at once.
- adverb As soon as. Cf.
Directly , 8, Note.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In an
immediate manner;instantly or withoutdelay . - conjunction Indicates that the dependent clause describes something that occurs immediately
after the independent clause's referent does.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
- adverb near or close by
- adverb bearing an immediate relation
Etymologies
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Examples
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Of course Obama could not have pre-mobilized before the spill had he done so immediately no engineer on the planet believed what BP was saying, plus there *should* have at least been an inspector *immediately* dispatched to verify, but they should have had resources going out withing 14 days.
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The real table, if there is one, is not _immediately_ known to us at all, but must be an inference from what is immediately known.
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'I am anxious,' continued the gentleman, speaking in a low tone, and with a tremulous earnestness that rendered his speech peculiarly emphatic -- 'I am anxious to have painted the portrait of one who is -- who was -- very very dear to me, immediately -- _immediately_, for a few hours may make such a performance impossible.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 454 Volume 18, New Series, September 11, 1852
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The principle is assumed, that because certain men ought to abandon every sin immediately, therefore, certain other men are bound _immediately_ to try and make them do it.
An Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism With reference to the duty of American females
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Mr. Huggins was ordered to start serving his term immediately, while Messrs.
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"The new CFO takes the title immediately, and Mr. Atkins' retirement will follow an unpaid leave of absence, which is not typical," wrote Mr. Siefers.
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I kicked Milan under the table and her expression immediately registered her confusion.
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I kicked Milan under the table and her expression immediately registered her confusion.
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Johnson began his term immediately after the death of John F. Kennedy, and as a result had pretty high poll numbers for his entire first term, which only lasted a little over a year.
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Johnson began his term immediately after the death of John F. Kennedy, and as a result had pretty high poll numbers for his entire first term, which only lasted a little over a year.
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