immediate
of the present time and place
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,320 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,476 times across 175,113 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- of the present time and place the immediate revisions
- very close or connected in space or time also: contiguous contiguous eventsimmediate contact
- having no intervening medium an immediate influence
- immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect the immediate resultthe immediate cause of the trouble
- performed with little or no delay also: prompt, quick, straightaway an immediate reply to my lettera prompt reply
immediate in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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But the immediate cause was certainly young Mr Gifford.
The Little Nugget · P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse · Chapter 1
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From this day forth, I give up my task for work of more immediate profit.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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His hand was steady, but the attitude was an excuse for not making an immediate reply.
Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1
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Its effect, however, upon the immense audience gathered in front of the Capitol seems to have been immediate.
Lincoln's Inaugurals, Addresses and Letters · Abraham Lincoln · Chapter 1
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My men and me has had our conference, and it's decided that both of you has got to be shot, and immediate.
Lahoma · J. Breckenridge (John Breckenridge) Ellis · Chapter 1