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Immediate

/ɪˈmiːdɪət/

Happening right away, instantly, with no delay.

📖 Definitions of "Immediate"

adjective
  1. 1

    Happening right away, instantly, with no delay.

    "Computer users these days expect immediate results when they click on a link."

  2. 2

    Very close; direct or adjacent.

    "immediate family;  immediate vicinity"

  3. 3

    Manifestly true; requiring no argument.

  4. 4

    (of an instruction operand) embedded as part of the instruction itself, rather than stored elsewhere (such as a register or memory location)

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