Immediate - Definition

adj 1: of the present time and place; "the immediate revisions"
2: very close or connected in space or time; "contiguous
events"; "immediate contact"; "the immediate vicinity"; "the
immediate past" [syn: contiguous, immediate]
3: having no intervening medium; "an immediate influence" [ant:
mediate]
4: immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and
effect; "the immediate result"; "the immediate cause of the
trouble"
5: performed with little or no delay; "an immediate reply to my
letter"; "a prompt reply"; "was quick to respond"; "a
straightaway denial" [syn: immediate, prompt, quick,
straightaway]