1. • adj - of the present time and place
   • adj - very close or connected in space or time
   • adj - having no intervening medium
   • adj - immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect
   • adj - performed with little or no delay
2. • Occurring at once; instant: gave me an immediate response.
   • Of or near the present time: in the immediate future.
   • Of or relating to the present time and place; current: “It is probable that, apart from the most immediate, pragmatic, technical revisions, the writer’s effort to detach himself from his work is quixotic” (Joyce Carol Oates).
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   • Next in line or relation: is an immediate successor to the president of the company.
   • Directly apprehended or perceived: had immediate awareness of the scope of the crisis.
   • Acting or occurring without the interposition of another agency or object; direct.

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