immediate
Happening right away, instantly, with no delay.
Example
“Computer users these days expect immediate results when they click on a link.”
Other meanings
Very close; direct or adjacent.
“immediate family; immediate vicinity”
Manifestly true; requiring no argument.
Related words
- immediateness
- immediatism
- immediatist
- nonimmediate
- unimmediate
- immediate family
- immediate mode
- immediately
- immediate pursuit
- immediative
- immediate real-time
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "in".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “immediate” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.