immediate
UK /ɪˈmiː.dɪət/ · US /ɪˈmi.di.ɪt/ adjective
- adjective Happening right away, instantly, with no delay. “Computer users these days expect immediate results when they click on a link.”
- adjective Very close; direct or adjacent. “immediate family; immediate vicinity”
- adjective Manifestly true; requiring no argument.
- adjective (computer science, of an instruction operand) Embedded as part of the instruction itself, rather than stored elsewhere (such as a register or memory location).
- adjective (procedure word, military) Used to denote that a transmission is urgent. “Bravo Three, this Bravo Six. Immediate! We are coming under fire from the north from an unknown enemy, over!”
- adjective (procedure word, military) An artillery fire mission modifier for two types of fire mission to denote an immediate need for fire: Immediate smoke, all guns involved must reload smoke and fire. Immediate suppression, all guns involved fire the rounds currently loaded and then switch to high explosive with impact fused (unless fuses are specified). “Hotel Two-Niner, this is Bravo Six. Immediate suppression at grid November-Kilo four-five-three two-one-five. Danger Close. I authenticate Golf Echo, over.”
Synonyms
instant close self-evident indubitable present nearby contiguous prompt quick straightaway
Antonyms
Etymology
From Old French immediat (French immédiat), borrowed from Late Latin immediātus (“without in-between, moderation”), from Latin in + mediātus, perfect passive participle of mediō (“to halve, to be in the middle”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from medius (“middle”). By surface analysis, im- + mediate.
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Not separated in respect to place by anything intervening; proximate; close; as, immediate contact.
- adjective Not deferred by an interval of time; present; instant. "Assemble we immediate council." Shak.
Etymology [F. immédiat. See In- not, and Mediate.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “immediate”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details