Tra từ immediate - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

im·me·di·ate BrE [ɪˈmiːdiət] NAmE [ɪˈmiːdiət] adjective
1. happening or done without delay
Syn: ↑instant
•an immediate reaction/response
•to take immediate action
• RAM stores information for immediate access.
2. usually before noun existing now and needing urgent attention
• 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.
•The report focuses on some of the more immediate problems facing us.
3. only before noun next to or very close to a particular place or time
•in the immediate vicinity
• The prospects for the immediate future are good.
•in the immediate aftermath of the war
• The director is standing on her immediate right.
•my immediate predecessor in the job (= the person who had the job just before me)
4. 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.
5. only before noun having a direct effect
•The immediate cause of death is unknown.
see with immediate effect from… at ↑effect _n.

Word Origin:
late 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’.

Thesaurus:
immediate [immediate] adj.
•Her immediate reaction to the news was to laugh.
instant • • prompt • • instantaneous •
Opp: delayed
a/an immediate/instant/prompt/instantaneous reaction/response/return
immediate/instant/prompt action/attention/payment/relief
an immediate/instant appeal/answer/solution/result/effect/improvement
Which word? Prompt describes sth that you do; instantaneous describes sth that happens; immediate and instant can describe either. Prompt does not suggest quite as much speed of reaction as the other words: action can be very/fairly prompt but not: ✗ very/fairly immediate/instant/instantaneous

Example Bank:
•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.
•The cream brings immediate relief to dry and rough skin.