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im·me·di·ate Listen to audio/ɪˈmi:dijət/ adjective
1 a : happening or done without delay
This requires your immediate attention. The new restaurant was an immediate success. This crisis calls for immediate action. The response to the crisis was immediate.
b : happening or existing now
The wildfire poses no immediate threat to any houses in the area. The danger is not immediate.
c always used before a noun [more immediate; most immediate] : important now
Our (most) immediate concern is to provide aid to the victims.
2 always used before a noun a : close to a particular place
They have evacuated everyone in the immediate area/vicinity of the wildfire. outside the immediate neighborhood/surroundings
b : close to a particular time or event
Many people suffered in the war's immediate aftermath. The effect of the new policy will be unknown for the immediate future.
3 always used before a noun : having no other person or thing in between
Turn right onto Main Street and then take your immediate left. [=quickly turn onto the next street on your left] He was sitting to my immediate right. The company president will choose her immediate successor. She was my immediate predecessor He referred me to his immediate superior. Hospital visits are limited to immediate family. [=a person's parents, brothers and sisters, husband or wife, and children]
4 always used before a noun : coming straight from a cause or reason
The immediate [=direct] cause of death was pneumonia. There is an immediate connection between the two events.

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