Definition of immediatley
1. immediate [ a ] very close or connected in space or time
Examples:
"contiguous events"
"immediate contact"
"the immediate vicinity"
"the immediate past"
(The New York Times,...)
When he was unable to bring_about immediate expansion , he sought to convince another National_League club to move here .
(William S. Haymond, "Is Distance an Original...)
If the patient can perceive figure kinesthetically when he cannot perceive it visually , then , it would seem , the sense_of_touch has immediate contact with the spatial aspects of things in_independence_of visual representations , at_least in regard_to two dimensions , and , as we shall see , even this much spatial awareness on_the_part_of unaided touch is denied by the authors .
Synonyms immediate contiguous Related Terms close2. immediate [ a ] having no intervening medium
Examples:
"an immediate influence"
(J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)
Only one other contemporary of More 's evokes so immediate and direct a response , and only one other contemporary work - Niccolo_Machiavelli and The_Prince .
Synonyms immediate Related Terms mediate direct unmediated immediacy3. immediate [ a ] immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect
Examples:
"the immediate result"
"the immediate cause of the trouble"
(Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)
Could your future , your immediate future , be made to include taking us upstairs , giving us a_bit of space in which our friend can work , and making available to him your finger_tips '' ?
(Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)
His chelas were required to assume the matsyendra posture dressed in hand-woven diapers while he read aloud from Rig-Veda and an assistant guru examined their purses in another room - nothing was stolen ; the purpose was less immediate .
Synonyms immediate Related Terms proximate4. immediate [ a ] of the present time and place
Examples:
"the immediate revisions"
(William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)
Aside_from a quaint concern with witches and devils which provides the immediate problem in the opening scene , it is a quite normal community .
(Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)
It will occur to anyone that the teacher must have adequate education , a depth and breadth of knowledge far beyond the immediate necessities of his course plus complete dedication to his subject and to his students .
(Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)
But we must never forget , most_of the appropriate heroes and their legends were created overnight , to answer immediate needs , almost always with conscious aims and ends .
(Kenneth Hoffman and Ray Kunze, Linear Al...)
But then it is immediate that * * f , i.e. , that �a is in the range of * * f .
(Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)
Both Cook 's and Russell 's lives were threatened by the Mexicans following the killing , but the company officers felt that in_the_end , it would serve to quiet them despite their immediate emotion .
Synonyms immediate Related Terms present5. immediate [ a ] performed with little or no delay
Examples:
"an immediate reply to my letter"
"prompt obedience"
"was quick to respond"
"a straightaway denial"
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