Definition of immediate

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  • immediate is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 14
  • immediate is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 14
  • immediate is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 16

Definition of immediate

  • very close or connected in space or time (adjective)

    Examples

    1. immediate contact
    2. the immediate vicinity
    3. the immediate past

    Synonyms

    1. contiguous
  • performed with little or no delay (adjective)

    Examples

    1. an immediate reply to my letter

    Synonyms

    1. prompt
    2. quick
    3. straightaway
  • having no intervening medium (adjective)

    Examples

    1. an immediate influence
  • immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect (adjective)

    Examples

    1. the immediate result
    2. the immediate cause of the trouble
  • of the present time and place (adjective)

    Examples

    1. the immediate revisions

See definition of immediate in Merriam Webster