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- pronunciation:
mi
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iht
- 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 |
(adj.)immediate
+ noun
access,
action,
aftermath,
ancestor,
annuity,
arrest,
assistance,
attention,
attraction,
ban,
benefit,
casualty,
cause,
cease-fire,
cessation,
concern,
consequence,
consumption,
context,
crisis,
danger,
delivery,
demand,
departure,
deterrence,
dismissal,
dividend,
effect,
environment,
environs,
evacuation,
family,
feedback,
future,
goal,
gratification,
halt,
harm,
help,
hit,
impact,
impression,
improvement,
intervention,
liking,
need,
neighbor,
neighborhood,
objective,
payoff,
predecessor,
present,
priority,
prospect,
proximity,
reaction,
recall,
reinforcement,
relative,
release,
relevance,
relief,
removal,
repair,
reply,
resignation,
response,
return,
reward,
satisfaction,
self-interest,
sensation,
stimulus,
successor,
superior,
supervisor,
surroundings,
survivor,
suspension,
threat,
vicinity,
wake,
withdrawal
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| derivation: |
immediateness (n.) |
Word Builder: immediate +
The word immediate
contains the following parts:
im-2
Latin
prefix
that means not, without
  More about this word part:
The prefix im-2 occurs in Latin loanwords. It is an assimilated form of in-2 used before roots beginning with the letter "m," "p," and "b." See in-2.
Example words:
imbalance, immaculate, immaterial, immature, immediate, immiscible, immobile, immodest, immortal, immovable, immune, immutable, impalpable, impartial, impassable, impatient, impeccable, impecunious, impenitent, imperfect, impermeable, impermissible, impersonal, imperturbable, impervious, implacable, implausible, impolite, imponderable, impossible, impotent, impregnable, improper, impropriety, improvise, imprudent, impudent, impunity, impure
medi
Latin
root
that means middle
Example words:
immediate, intermediary, intermediate, media1, mediaeval, medial, median, mediant, mediate, medieval, mediocre, Mediterranean, medium
- synonyms:
- meso-
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