immediate
adjective OPAL W
/ɪˈmiːdiət/
/ɪˈmiːdiət/
Idioms - an immediate reaction/response
- to take immediate action
- RAM stores information for immediate access.
- This decision will have an immediate impact on students.
- The company announced the immediate availabilty of an updated version of the software.
Extra ExamplesTopics Timeb1- The painkillers brought almost immediate relief.
- Carrie's immediate reaction to the news was to laugh in relief.
- Local police took immediate action when they received the bomb alert.
- She said the matter needed immediate attention.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- almost
- Our immediate concern is to help the families of those who died.
- The effects of global warming, while not immediate, are potentially catastrophic.
- The hospital says she's out of immediate danger.
- weapons of mass destruction that were an immediate threat to international security
- The report focuses on some of the more immediate problems facing us.
- He said there was no immediate need to appeal for international assistance.
- in the immediate vicinity
- in the immediate aftermath of the war
- The prospects for the immediate future are good.
- The director is standing on her immediate right.
- my immediate predecessor in the job (= the person who had the job just before me)
- [only before noun] nearest in relationship or rank
- The funeral was attended by her immediate family (= her parents, children, brothers and sisters) only.
- He is my immediate superior (= the person directly above me) in the company.
- [only before noun] having a direct effect
- The immediate cause of death is unknown.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘nearest in space or order’): from Old French immediat, or from late Latin immediatus, from in- ‘not’ + mediatus ‘intervening’, past participle of mediare, from Latin medius ‘middle’.
Idioms
with immediate effect
- (formal) starting now
- She has resigned with immediate effect.