- (a.) Not separated in respect to place by anything intervening; proximate; close; as, immediate contact.
- (a.) Not deferred by an interval of time; present; instant.
- (a.) Acting with nothing interposed or between or without the intervention of another object as a cause, means or agency; acting, perceived or produced, directly; as, an immediate cause.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| MLA | Webster's. "immediate" 27 May 2011. Web. 22 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/immediate/definitions/2019224> |