immediate

English

Etymology

From Old French immediat, from Late Latin immediatus (“without anything between”), from Latin in + mediatus, past participle of mediare (“to halve, to be in the middle”), from medius (“middle”)

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Adjective

immediate (comparative more immediate, superlative most immediate)

1. happening right away, instantly, with no delay

   People these days expect immediate results when they click on a link.

2. Very close; direct or adjacent.

   immediate family

   immediate surroundings

Related terms

• immediacy

Derived terms

• immediately

Translations

without delay

Chamicuro: kapaletsi'ta Chinese: 直接 Czech: okamžitý (cs) m. Danish: øjeblikkelig Dutch: direct (nl), onmiddellijk (nl) Esperanto: tuja (eo) Finnish: välitön (fi) French: immédiat (fr) m., immédiate (fr) f. Galician: inmediato (gl), m. inmediata (gl) f. German: sofortig (de) Greek: άμεσος (el) m., άμεση (el) f., άμεσο (el) n.

Italian: immediato (it) Japanese: 即時の Korean: 즉시 (ko) Persian: آنی (بلافاصله) (fa) Portuguese: imediato (pt) m., imediata (pt) f. Romanian: imediat (ro) m., imediată (ro) f. Russian: неме́дленно m/f/n Scottish Gaelic: grad (gd) Spanish: inmediato (es) m. Swedish: ögonblicklig (sv), omedelbar (sv) Telugu: తక్షణ (takshaNa)

very close

Czech: bezprostřední (cs) Danish: tæt Finnish: lähi- (fi) French: proche (fr) m. and f., immédiat (fr) m., immédiate (fr) f.

German: unmittelbar (de) Italian: prossimo (it), stretto (it), diretto (it) Persian: نزدیک (fa) Swedish: omedelbar (sv)

Anagrams

• metiamide

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Italian

Adjective

immediate pl.

1. feminine form of immediato

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Latin

Adjective

immediāte

1. vocative masculine singular of immediātus