immediately

English

Etymology

immediate +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪˈmiːdiətli/

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• Hyphenation: im‧me‧di‧ate‧ly

Adverb

immediately (not comparable)

1. In an immediate manner; instantly or without delay.

   I hope we can begin immediately.

   • 2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, BBC Sport:

     Spain failed to move through the gears despite exerting control for lengthy spells and a measure of perspective must be applied immediately to the outcome.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:quickly

Translations

in an immediate manner

Arabic: فورًا (ar) (fáwran), حالاً (ar) (Haalan), مباشرةً (ar) (mubaasharatan) Burmese: ချက်ချင်း (my) (chetchin:), ချက်ခနဲ (my) (chet-hkănè:), ဆောတလျင် (my) (hsaw:tălyin), ဒက်ခနဲ (my) (det-hkănè:), ဆောလျင်စွာ (my) (hsaw:lyinzwa), ရက်ရက် (my) (yet-yet), ရုတ်ခြည်း (my) (yokchi:) Catalan: immediatament (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 立刻 (cmn) (lìkè), 馬上 (cmn), 马上 (cmn) (mǎshàng), 即刻 (cmn) (jíkè), 立即 (cmn) (lìjí), 直接 (cmn) (zhíjiē) Min Nan: 馬上 (má-siōng), 即時 (chik-sî), 連鞭 (liâm-mi), 隨時 (suî-sî) Croatian: odmah (hr), smjesta (hr) Czech: ihned (cs), hned (cs), okamžitě (cs) Danish: øjeblikkeligt, med det samme Dutch: meteen (nl), direct (nl), onmiddellijk (nl) Finnish: heti (fi), välittömästi (fi) French: immédiatement (fr), tout de suite (fr) German: sofort (de) Greek: αμέσως (el) (amésos) Hindi: तत्काल (hi) (tatkāl), तुरंत (hi) (turant)

Hungarian: azonnal (hu), rögtön (hu), sürgősen (hu) Ido: quik (io) Italian: immediatamente (it) Japanese: すぐに (ja) (sugu-ni), 直ちに (ja) (ただちに, tadachi-ni), 直接 (ja) (ちょくせつ, chokusetsu) Luxembourgish: eenzock (lb), gaangs (lb) Navajo: hah Norwegian: øyeblikkelig (no) Persian: فوراً (fa) (favran) Polish: zaraz (pl), natychmiast (pl) Portuguese: imediatamente (pt) Romanian: (în mod) imediat (ro), fără întârziere (ro) Russian: немедленно (ru) (nemédlenno), тотчас (ru) (tótčas), тотчас же (ru) (tótčas že) Scottish Gaelic: anns a' bhad (gd), sa bhad (gd) Slovene: takoj (sl) Spanish: inmediatamente (es), de inmediato (es), ya (es), sin demora (es) Swedish: ögonblickligen, på direkten, omedelbart (sv), genast (sv) Volapük: sunädo (vo) Yiddish: תּיכּף (yi) (teykef)

Conjunction

immediately

1. Indicates that the dependent clause describes something that occurs immediately after the independent clause's referent does.

Synonyms

• as soon as
• directly after, immediately after, right after, etc.