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im·me·di·ate·ly

(ĭ-mē'dē-ĭt-lē) pronunciation
adv.
  1. Without delay.
  2. Without an intermediary; directly: met with the parties immediately involved in the suit.
conj.
As soon as; directly: They phoned immediately they reached home.


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has been used informally since the early 19th century, especially in British English, as a conjunction equivalent to immediately after:
I starting writing 'Jill' immediately I left Oxford—Philip Larkin, 1983
Immediately I heard the front door I switched off his computer—Nigel Williams, 1992.

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Roget's Thesaurus:

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adverb

  1. Without delay: directly, forthwith, instant, instantly, now, right away, right off, straightaway, straight off. Idioms: at once, first off. See time.
  2. Without intermediary: directly. See clear/unclear, near/far/distance.

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adv

Definition: at once, right away
Antonyms: eventually, later, never

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Without delay or hesitation.

pronunciation Autumn is a season followed immediately by looking forward to spring. — Unknown

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An ATC (air traffic control) terminology that indicates an exceptional circumstance requiring immediate action by the pilot to avoid an imminent situation.

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Common misspelling(s) of immediately

  • emmediately
  • immediatley
  • immidiately
  • immidately
  • imediately

Translations:

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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - øjeblikkeligt, straks
conj. - i samme øjeblik, straks

Nederlands (Dutch)
direct, meteen, onmiddellijk

Français (French)
adv. - immédiatement, tout de suite, directement, (Culin) sur-le-champ, juste (avant, après)
conj. - (GB) dès que, aussitôt que

Deutsch (German)
adv. - sofort, unmittelbar
conj. - sobald, sofort, als

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - αμέσως, πάραυτα, στη στιγμή, κατευθείαν

Italiano (Italian)
immediatamente, direttamente

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - imediatamente

Русский (Russian)
непосредственно, немедленно

Español (Spanish)
adv. - inmediatamente, directamente, intuitivamente
conj. - tan pronto como, en cuanto

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - omedelbart, närmast, direkt

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
立刻, 立即, 刚, 一...

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 立刻, 立即, 剛
conj. - 一...

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 곧, 바로 가까이에
conj. - ~하자마자

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - 直ちに, 直接に, じかに, 接近して
conj. - …するやいなや

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) حالا, مباشرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮מיד, ללא דיחוי, באופן ישיר‬
conj. - ‮מיד‬


 
 

 

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