Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
An ~ result, action, or reaction happens or is done without any delay.
These tragic incidents have had an ~ effect...
My ~ reaction was just disgust.
= instant
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2.
Immediate needs and concerns exist at the present time and must be dealt with quickly.
Relief agencies say the ~ problem is not a lack of food, but transportation.
= pressing
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3.
The ~ person or thing comes just before or just after another person or thing in a sequence.
His ~ superior, General Geichenko, had singled him out for special mention.
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4.
You use ~ to describe an area or position that is next to or very near a particular place or person.
Only a handful had returned to work in the ~ vicinity...
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5.
Your ~ family are the members of your family who are most closely related to you, for example your parents, children, brothers, and sisters.
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