| ADJECTIVE | all | immediate | of the present time and place |
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| all | immediate, contiguous | very close or connected in space or time | |
| all | immediate | having no intervening medium | |
| all | immediate | immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect | |
| all | immediate, prompt, quick, straightaway | performed with little or no delay |
| Sounds | ihmiy'diyaht | |
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| Rhymes | abbot ... zealot / Zealot: 372 rhymes with aht... | |
| Meaning | Of the present time and place. | |
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| Example | "the immediate revisions" | |
| Broader | present | temporal sense |
| Nouns | immediateness | the quickness of action or occurrence |
| Meaning | Very close or connected in space or time. | |
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| Synonym | contiguous | |
| Broader | close | At or within a short / short distance in space or time or having elements near each other |
| Spanish | contigua, contiguo, inmediato | |
| Catalan | contigu, immediat | |
| Nouns | immediateness | lack of an intervening or mediating agency |
| Adverbs | immediately | near or close by |
| Meaning | Having no intervening medium. | |
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| Example | "an immediate influence" | |
| Attribute of | immediacy, immediateness | lack of an intervening or mediating agency |
| Narrower | direct, unmediated | Having no intervening persons, agents, conditions |
| Opposite | mediate | Acting through or dependent on an intervening agency |
| Spanish | inmediato | |
| Catalan | immediat | |
| Nouns | immediateness | lack of an intervening or mediating agency |
| Adverbs | immediately | without delay or hesitation / hesitation |
| immediately | bearing an immediate relation | |
| Meaning | immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect. | |
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| Broader | proximate | Closest in degree or order (space or time) especially in a chain of causes and effects |
| Spanish | inmediato | |
| Catalan | immediat | |
| Nouns | immediateness | the quickness of action or occurrence |
| Meaning | Performed with little or no delay. | |
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| Example | "an immediate reply to my letter" | |
| Synonyms | prompt, quick, straightaway | |
| Broader | fast | Acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly |
| Spanish | inmediato, presto, pronto | |
| Nouns | immediateness | the quickness of action or occurrence |
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