What does IMMEDIATELY mean?
Definitions for IMMEDIATELY
ɪˈmi di ɪt liim·me·di·ate·ly
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word IMMEDIATELY.
Princeton's WordNet
immediately, instantly, straightaway, straight off, directly, now, right away, at once, forthwith, like a shotadverb
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
"he answered immediately"; "found an answer straightaway"; "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith"; "Come here now!"
immediatelyadverb
near or close by
"he passed immediately behind her"
immediatelyadverb
bearing an immediate relation
"this immediately concerns your future"
Wiktionary
immediatelyadverb
In an immediate manner; instantly or without delay.
I hope we can begin immediately.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Immediatelyadverb
Etymology: from immediate.
God's acceptance of it, either immediately by himself, or mediately by the hands of the bishop, is that which vests the whole property of a thing in God. Robert South, Sermons.
Her father hath commanded her to slip
Away with Slender, and with him at Eaton
Immediately to marry. William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor.
Wikipedia
immediately
In legal usage, "immediately" forms several compounds based on its conventional definitions.
ChatGPT
immediately
Immediately is an adverb which means right away or without any delay. It refers to an action taking place as soon as another event is completed or occurring at once.
Webster Dictionary
Immediatelyadverb
in an immediate manner; without intervention of any other person or thing; proximately; directly; -- opposed to mediately; as, immediately contiguous
Immediatelyadverb
without interval of time; without delay; promptly; instantly; at once
Immediatelyadverb
as soon as. Cf. Directly, 8, Note
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'IMMEDIATELY' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #961
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'IMMEDIATELY' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1565
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'IMMEDIATELY' in Adverbs Frequency: #100
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of IMMEDIATELY in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of IMMEDIATELY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of IMMEDIATELY in a Sentence
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration:
The Vehicle Safety Act prohibits manufacturers from selling vehicles with defects posing unreasonable risks to safety, including intentional design choices that are unsafe. If the information shows that a safety risk may exist, NHTSA will act immediately.
Mumbai Police was completely fine when Mumbai Police was admitted but we were a little worried because Mumbai Police was abandoned and found in a drain, but she was fine, our doctors immediately treated her... she was discharged yesterday, she is doing fine.
At this point, we don't have information that indicates that the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS) isn't working as intended on our end when it comes to the ability to access information regarding individuals entered into the system. Generally speaking, law enforcement are able to access information about an individual's probation or parole status by directly querying the supervised release file via CLETS upon the arrest or detention of an individual who is suspected of having committed a crime. That information should be available immediately upon being queried.
The Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee is closely monitoring the situation in Afghanistan, and consistently engaging with the VA to ensure veterans have access to critical mental health resources and the Department can meet the increased demand for its services, any veteran struggling during this difficult time should know that the VA is standing by and ready to help. Veterans in crisis should immediately utilize VA’s mental health resources, including the Veterans Crisis Line that is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
When these allegations first came out, we immediately began our own investigation, we do not have an independent investigation going on at this point other than working with the other leagues and World Anti-Doping Agency( World Anti-Doping Agency).
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Translations for IMMEDIATELY
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- فورا, مباشرةً, فورًا, حالاًArabic
- immediatamentCatalan, Valencian
- hned, ihned, okamžitěCzech
- øjeblikkeligt, med det sammeDanish
- sofortGerman
- αμέσωςGreek
- tujEsperanto
- inmediatamente, sin demora, de inmediato, yaSpanish
- فوراPersian
- välittömästi, hetiFinnish
- immédiatement, tout de suite, aussitôtFrench
- anns a' bhad, sa bhadScottish Gaelic
- फ़ौरन, तत्काल, तुरंतHindi
- azonnal, sürgősen, rögtönHungarian
- langsungIndonesian
- quikIdo
- immediatamente, subitoItalian
- מידHebrew
- + に +ni, 直ちに, すぐにJapanese
- gaangs, eenzockLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- tūlītLatvian
- പെട്ടെന്ന്, ഉടനെMalayalam
- serta-mertaMalay
- ရုတ်ခြည်း, ဒက်ခနဲ, ဆောတလျင်, ရက်ရက်, ချက်ချင်း, ဆောလျင်စွာ, ချက်ခနဲBurmese
- onmiddellijk, direct, meteenDutch
- øyeblikkeligNorwegian
- hahNavajo, Navaho
- zaraz, natychmiastPolish
- imediatamentePortuguese
- imediat, fără întârziereRomanian
- немедленно, тотчас же, сию минуту, тотчасRussian
- सपदि, झटुतिSanskrit
- odmah, smjestaSerbo-Croatian
- takójSlovene
- på direkten, omgående, genast, ögonblickligen, omedelbartSwedish
- anında, derhal, hemenTurkish
- зараз, негайноUkrainian
- فوراUrdu
- sunädoVolapük
- תּיכּףYiddish
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