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immediate

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immediate in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. very close or connected in space or time
    "contiguous events"; "immediate contact"; "the immediate vicinity"; "the immediate past"
    contiguous  immediate 
  2. having no intervening medium
    "an immediate influence"
    immediate 
  3. performed with little or no delay
    "an immediate reply to my letter"; "a prompt reply"; "was quick to respond"; "a straightaway denial"
    immediate  prompt  quick  straightaway 
  4. of the present time and place
    "the immediate revisions"
    immediate 
  5. immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect
    "the immediate result"; "the immediate cause of the trouble"
    immediate 
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