English | German | Russian | Czech
A2

immediate English

Meaning immediate meaning

What does immediate mean?
Definitions in simple English

immediate

If something is immediate, it happens right away, without waiting. They are asking for an immediate withdrawal of American forces from Iraq. Immediate feedback from an online quiz was available for each lesson. When I saw it, my immediate reaction was, "this is the stupidest thing I've ever heard." When he joined the team, the impact was immediate. An immediate danger, problem, etc. is one that exists and needs attention now. I did not harm anyone, put anyone in immediate danger. The immediate threat is from foreign fighters who are already here. If something is immediate, it is close or near. At this age, babies begin to notice things in their immediate environment. She refused to speak to anyone including friends and immediate family. I don't think we'll be building any more smart cars in the immediate future.

immediate

of the present time and place the immediate revisions (= contiguous) very close or connected in space or time contiguous events immediate contact the immediate vicinity the immediate past having no intervening medium an immediate influence immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect the immediate result the immediate cause of the trouble (= prompt, quick, straightaway) performed with little or no delay an immediate reply to my letter a prompt reply was quick to respond a straightaway denial

Synonyms immediate synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as immediate?

Topics immediate topics

What do people use immediate to talk about?

Examples immediate examples

How do I use immediate in a sentence?

Simple sentences

The police took immediate action to deal with the riot.
We received an immediate answer to our letter.
The medicine had an immediate effect.
The new medicine demonstrated an immediate effect.
This problem demands immediate attention.
He demands immediate payment.
He sent an immediate reply to my telegram.
He put emphasis on the necessity for immediate action.
The effect was immediate.
Only an immediate operation can save the patient's life.
Tom's response was immediate.
Immediate measures are needed.
It was an immediate success.
Tell him he should present his immediate resignation.
The situation seemed to call for immediate action.
You must not think about your immediate profit only.
People called for an immediate invasion of Cuba.
McKinley demanded an immediate ceasefire in Cuba.
I can not give you an immediate answer.
I can't give you an immediate answer.
This man is my immediate superior.

Movie subtitles

Please come for immediate evacuation.
The death of Yongle had an immediate and dramatic impact.
Julia, is there anything that requires our immediate attention?
I suppose, sir, the skater with the most immediate motive would be Sophie Palmer.
Your immediate superior is a murderer.
Right now, the only thing that matters is the immediate threat.
Requesting immediate evac.
I beg to inform you that the administration of your property in the Rue de Varennes will require your immediate presence.
The gangsters were demanding from father Moche an immediate share of the loot from their last few jobs.
Are you sure we can take immediate possession?
What demands my immediate attention?
The actual and immediate responsibilty, however, I place on you, my fellow officers, who met this crisis with lethargy, impudence and flagrant defiance publicly uttered.
The immediate question seems, what does he mean to do to me?
By connecting a link with me, no matter where they are, our comrades are able to share their thoughts and plans on an immediate basis.
Right now, the only thing that matters is the immediate threat. Your husband. Finding out who he is and who he works for.
This will call for immediate counsel.
In the meantime, order the immediate arrest of.
The messenger's at the gate and demands an immediate answer.
You'll oblige me by removing your own unsavory person From my immediate vicinity.
An immediate examination by an expert confirmed the boy's statements.
It's hardly likely they'll hire you and make you an immediate star.
And as I left without a large sum of money, I require an immediate advance of 10,000 francs. As paragraph 43 of my contract states.
I'll give you an immediate bonus of 42,000 francs.
Oh, I'm afraid I haven't had much time to think about it. After all, the Star of Deli is not the immediate problem.
He'd like to see you in his study, immediate.
For which.? For which, er.? For which, er. to give your immediate attention.
For immediate production.
I admit that was my immediate dream.
And they demand your immediate dismissal.
Oh, well, then, there's no immediate rush.
Bogun, order his immediate release!
I cannot stress too strongly the vital and immediate necessity of getting those planes over.
I shall confer with him on the safety and conduct of the expedition but immediate authority will rest with him.
Harassing everyone with your orders. forcing immediate burial without time for prayer or mourning.
However, Mr. Cravat's immediate and prolonged absence. has strengthened their belief that Mr. Cravat was the murderer. and that the identity of the other man. is relatively unimportant.
I demand an immediate retraction and apology.
I suggest that you add the cost of the pin to Mrs. Sutton's bill. which will solve the immediate problem to everybody's advantage.
The payment is to be immediate and in cash.

News and current affairs

The single most immediate and direct impact of having an independent fiscal policy would be to reign in spending by producing a counterpoint to Panglossian government growth and revenue forecasts.
While the regulatory mechanisms of both Kyoto and the European Trading Scheme have contributed to the establishment of an emerging market for carbon trading, interested parties are now concerned about the immediate future.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced its birth while rejecting an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon.
Three problems are of immediate concern, the most important being feeding the Afghan people - both within the country and in refugee camps outside Afghanistan.
But this would be a devastating mistake of immediate, as well as inter-generational, proportions.
Now, in the immediate wake of the Russia-Georgia crisis, Turkey's leaders have stepped forward once again to take a leadership role in the Caucasus.
The stress tests were meant to signal to the public that there was no immediate threat of bank failures.
These cuts are having a very real and immediate impact on El Paso County's residents.
Yet the immediate consequences of Djindjic's death will be tragic.
Generally, Ahmadinejad begins his public speeches with prayers for the Mahdi's immediate return.
But it will take some time before the new migrants gain decisive political influence, and the problems of Iran and Russia for Europe require immediate attention.
The need for immediate action is clear.
It will almost certainly fail to achieve its immediate objectives; but it may open the door to serious progress afterwards.
A similar reluctance will dominate the rest of the immediate institutional agenda.
More borrowed growth - the Keynesian formula - may create the illusion of normalcy, and may be useful in the immediate aftermath of a deep crisis to calm a panic, but it is no solution to a fundamental growth problem.
The immediate causes are well known.
Environmental issues are of paramount importance in marginal countries because their impact on human survival is immediate and direct.
Simply put, the African media failed to reach beyond immediate borders and serve as a voice for the continent in its encounters with the world.
He proposed a model of joint-stock banking on a national scale, which ran into immediate opposition (curiously, his proposal was much more influential in Canada).
The immediate political response to the Japanese disaster will be to make small re-adjustments among known energy sources, including wind and solar.
Solutions such as these are not explored, however, because they are not within obviously immediate reach, as the atomic bomb and the lunar landing were.
Family history information was obtained from the patient regarding their immediate relatives.
Indeed, a Bosnia-type scenario can no longer be excluded, while the prospect of the Syrian government's loss of control over its chemical weapons poses an immediate threat of military intervention by Turkey, Israel, or the US.

Are you looking for...?