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immediate
adjective
1 immediate
Of the present time and place.
Roget 69:
continuous,
continued;
consecutive;
progressive,
gradual;
serial,
successive;
immediate,
unbroken,
entire;
linear;
in a line,
in a row
etc.
n.;
uninterrupted,
unintermitting†;
unremitting,
unrelenting
(perseverence)
604.1;
perennial,
evergreen;
constant.
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Polish: momentalny, błyskawiczny, bezzwłoczny, niezwłoczny, natychmiastowy
2 immediate
Very close or connected in space or time:
— Immediate contact.
— The immediate vicinity.
— The immediate past.
synonym: contiguous.
Polish: bezpośredni
3 immediate
Having no intervening medium.
4 immediate
Immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect.
5 immediate
Performed with little or no delay:
— An immediate reply to my letter.
synonyms: prompt, quick, straightaway.
Roget 113:
instantaneous,
momentary,
sudden,
immediate,
instant,
abrupt,
discontinuous,
precipitous,
precipitant,
precipitate;
subitaneous†,
hasty;
quick as thought,
quick as lightning,
quick as a flash;
rapid as electricity.
speedy,
quick,
fast,
fleet,
swift,
lively,
blitz;
rapid
(velocity)
274.
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Roget 132:
early,
prime,
forward;
prompt
etc.
(active)
682;
summary.
premature,
precipitate,
precocious;
prevenient†,
anticipatory;
rath†.
sudden
etc.
(instantaneous)
113;
unexpected
etc.
508;
near,
near at hand;
immediate.
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Moby thesaurus: about to be, abrupt, accessible, actual, adjacent, adjoining, alert, already in sight, approaching, apt, articulated, as is, at hand, attendant, automatic, available, being, bordering, brewing, catenated, ceaseless, close, close at hand, closest, coming, concatenated, connected, connecting, constant, contemporaneous, contemporary, conterminous, contiguous, continual, continued, continuing, continuous, coterminous, current, cursory, cyclical, decisive, direct, end to end, endless, endways, endwise, existent, existing, expeditious, extant, face to face, featureless, festinate, feverish, firsthand, flying, forthcoming, fresh, furious, future, gapless, gathering, going to happen, hair-trigger, hasty, hurried, immanent, imminent, impendent, impending, in danger imminent, in prospect, in reserve, in store, in the cards, in the offing, in the wind, in view, incessant, indwelling, inherent, instant, instantaneous, instinctive, interminable, irreversible, joined, jointless, juxtaposed, juxtapositional, juxtapositive, last-minute, latest, lightning-like, linked, looming, lowering, lurking, menacing, modern, momentaneous, momentary, monotonous, near, near at hand, nearby, nearest, nearing, nearmost, neighbor, neighboring, never-ending, new, next, nigh, nighest, nonstop, on board, on deck, on hand, on the horizon, on the spot, one-way, overhanging, passing, perennial, periodic, preparing, present, present-age, present-day, present-time, pressing, presto, primary, prompt, proximate, punctual, quick, quick as lightning, quick as thought, ready, recurrent, reflex, repetitive, round-the-clock, running, seamless, serried, slap-bang, slapdash, smooth, snap, speedy, spontaneous, stable, steady, straight, straightaway, straightforward, straightway, sudden, summary, superficial, swift, that be, that is, that will be, threatening, to come, topical, twenty-four-hour, unbroken, unceasing, undeviating, undifferentiated, unending, unhesitating, unidirectional, uniform, unintermitted, unintermittent, unintermitting, uninterrupted, unrelieved, unremitting, unstopped, unswerving, unthinking, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute, upcoming, urgent, waiting, within call, within reach, within sight ... show more.
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