immediate
Happening right away, instantly, with no delay.
Adjective 4 meanings
Happening right away, instantly, with no delay.
“Computer users these days expect immediate results when they click on a link.”
Very close; direct or adjacent.
“immediate family; immediate vicinity”
Manifestly true; requiring no argument.
Embedded as part of the instruction itself, rather than stored elsewhere (such as a register or memory location).
Etymology
From Old French immediat (French immédiat), borrowed from Late Latin immediātus (“without in-between, moderation”), from Latin in + mediātus, perfect passive participle of mediō (“to halve, to be in the middle”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from medius (“middle”). By surface analysis, im- + mediate.
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IMMEDIATE at a glance
IMMEDIATE has 9 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (I 1 + M 3 + M 3 + E 1 + D 2 + I 1 + A 1 + T 1 + E 1) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,836 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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