Main entry: immediate, contiguous
Definition: very close or connected in space or time
Usage: contiguous events; immediate contact; the immediate vicinity; the immediate past
Main entry: immediate
Definition: having no intervening medium
Usage: an immediate influence
Main entry: immediate, quick, prompt, straightaway
Definition: performed with little or no delay
Usage: an immediate reply to my letter; a prompt reply; was quick to respond; a straightaway denial
Main entry: immediate
Definition: immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect
Usage: the immediate result; the immediate cause of the trouble
Main entry: immediate
Definition: of the present time and place
Usage: the immediate revisions