IMMEDIATE


Meaning of IMMEDIATE in English

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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