Immediate

Quick meaning: Immediate is an adjective meaning Happening right away, instantly, with no delay.

Meaning

Happening right away, instantly, with no delay.

More Meanings

1. Very close; direct or adjacent.
2. Manifestly true; requiring no argument.
3. (procedure word, military) Used to denote that a transmission is urgent.
4. (computer science, of an instruction operand) Embedded as part of the instruction itself, rather than stored elsewhere (such as a register or memory location).
5. (procedure word, military) An artillery fire mission modifier for two types of fire mission to denote an immediate need for fire: Immediate smoke, all guns involved must reload smoke and fire. Immediate suppression, all guns involved fire the rounds currently loaded and then switch to high explosive with impact fused (unless fuses are specified).

Example Sentences

Assemble we immediate council.

immediate family; immediate vicinity

You are the most immediate to our throne,

Computer users these days expect immediate results when they click on a link.

Synonyms for immediate

Depending on context, synonyms include instant, present, close, nearby, self-evident, indubitable.

Antonyms for immediate

Common opposites include mediate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include proximate, present, fast, close, direct, contiguous.

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