immediate
/ɪ'midiɪt/
adjective
9 letters4 syllables14 points in Scrabble®16 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS5
ADJECTIVE
1
Very close or connected in space or time.
“immediate contact”
“the immediate vicinity”
2
Performed with little or no delay.
“an immediate reply to my letter”
3
Having no intervening medium.
“an immediate influence”
4
Immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect.
“the immediate result”
“the immediate cause of the trouble”
5
Of the present time and place.
“the immediate revisions”
WORD FORMS
Related formimmediateness
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®14 points
Words With Friends®16 points
Double word28 points
Triple word42 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinimmediateway
Starts & ends withI … E
Syllablesim · me · di · ate
SYNONYMS & RELATED12
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