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”)

Pronunciation

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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)
• Galician: inmediato (gl)
• German: sofortig (de)
• Greek: άμεσος (el) (ámesos)

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

very close

• Czech: bezprostřední (cs)
• Danish: tæt
• Finnish: lähi- (fi)
• French: proche (fr), immédiat (fr)

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

Anagrams

• metiamide

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Italian

Adjective

immediate f pl

1. feminine plural of immediato

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Latin

Adjective

immediāte

1. vocative masculine singular of immediātus