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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Builder, Word Parts
part of speech: |
adjective |
definition 1: |
happening without delay; instant.
They are demanding an immediate response to their offer.Without immediate medical attention, the wounds will become infected.- synonyms:
- instant, instantaneous, simultaneous
- antonyms:
- deferred, delayed, eventual
- similar words:
- hasty, prompt, quick, speedy, spot, swift
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definition 2: |
following in sequence; nearest or next in line; without anything between.
His sister sat on his immediate left.- synonyms:
- next
- antonyms:
- distant, far
- similar words:
- adjacent, adjoining, contiguous, direct, following, neighboring, proximate, sequent, subsequent, succeeding
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definition 3: |
close in space or time; near.
I was not in the immediate vicinity of the accident, so I didn't see what happened.My mother often has trouble recalling the events of the immediate past although she remembers things from long ago.- synonyms:
- close, near, present, proximate
- antonyms:
- distant, remote
- similar words:
- imminent, nearest, neighboring, nigh
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definition 4: |
of present or pressing concern.
She needed to get on with her immediate duties and had no time for chatting.The council has more immediate problems to worry about than where the festival will take place next year.- synonyms:
- present, urgent
- similar words:
- current, instant, pressing
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related words: |
close, early, snap, sudden |
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derivation: |
immediateness (n.) |
Word Builder: immediate +
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