adj.1 occurring or done at once or without delay (an immediate reply).
2 nearest, next; not separated by others (the immediate vicinity; the immediate future; my immediate neighbour).
3 most pressing or urgent (our immediate concern was to get him to hospital).
4 (of a relation or action) having direct effect; without an intervening medium or agency (the immediate cause of death).
5 (of knowledge) intuitive, gained without reasoning.
Derivatives:
immediacy n. immediateness n.
Etymology: ME f. F imm{eacute}diat or LL immediatus (as IN-(1), MEDIATE)