immediate
adjective
1. of the present time and place
- the immediate revisions
Similar word(s): present
2. very close or connected in space or time
- immediate contact
- the immediate vicinity
- the immediate past
Similar word(s): close, contiguous
3. having no intervening medium
- an immediate influence
Similar word(s): direct, unmediated
4. immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect
- the immediate result
- the immediate cause of the trouble
Similar word(s): proximate
5. performed with little or no delay
- an immediate reply to my letter
Similar word(s): fast, prompt, quick, straightaway
Sentences with immediate as an adjective:
- Computer users these days expect immediate results when they click on a link.
- immediate family;