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immediate
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adjective (a)

  • having no intervening medium(adj.all)
    Example:
    An immediate influence.
    Antonym:
    mediate
    source: wordnet30
  • Not separated in respect to place by anything intervening; proximate; close; as, immediate contact.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • of the present time and place(adj.all)
    Example:
    The immediate revisions.
    source: wordnet30
  • very close or connected in space or time(adj.all)
    Example:
    Immediate contact.
    The immediate vicinity.
    The immediate past.
    Synonym:
    contiguous
    source: wordnet30
  • immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect(adj.all)
    Example:
    The immediate result.
    The immediate cause of the trouble.
    source: wordnet30
  • performed with little or no delay(adj.all)
    Example:
    An immediate reply to my letter.
    source: wordnet30

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