immediate
/ɪˈmi.di.ɪt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.52 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Happening right away, instantly, with no delay.
adj
Manifestly true; requiring no argument.
adj
Embedded as part of the instruction itself, rather than stored elsewhere (such as a register or memory location).
adj
Used to denote that a transmission is urgent.
adj
An artillery fire mission modifier for two types of fire mission to denote an immediate need for fire: Immediate smoke, all guns involved must reload smoke and fire. Immediate suppression, all guns involved fire the rounds currently loaded and then switch to high explosive with impact fused (unless fuses are specified).
Example Sentences
- "Computer users these days expect immediate results when they click on a link."
- "Assemble we immediate council."
- "When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him."
- "immediate family; immediate vicinity"
- "You are the most immediate to our throne,"
- "So long as he concerns himself with immediate issues he is rewarded with influence, material success, and popularity with those who up to a point share his general outlook."
Etymology
From Old French immediat (French immédiat), borrowed from Late Latin immediātus (“without in-between, moderation”), from Latin in + mediātus, perfect passive participle of mediō (“to halve, to be in the middle”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from medius (“middle”). By surface analysis, im- + mediate.
Origin
- Source language: Old French
Word Breakdown
- Root: immediat, immediātus, in
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪˈmi.di.ɪt/
- British English: /ɪˈmiː.dɪət/
Inflected Forms
more immediate (comparative)
most immediate (superlative)