Antonyms for immediate

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ih-mee-dee-it

Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈmi di ɪt

Definition of immediate

Origin : late 14c., "intervening, interposed;" early 15c., "with nothing interposed; direct," also with reference to time, from Old French immediat, from Late Latin immediatus "without anything between," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + mediatus, past participle of mediare "to halve," later, "be in the middle," from Latin medius "middle" (see medial (adj.)).

adj instantaneous; without delay
adj near, next

Example sentences :

Of those of my immediate predecessor it might least become me here to speak.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

These books are classified and so arranged as to be of immediate use.
Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

I do not think I have told you the immediate occasion of this particular gathering.
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

Out of that fact, he drew an immediate comfort in this period of his misery.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

Still another of the original seven stood in the immediate vicinity.
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

Sing by all means; but, if you must have immediate results, not in opera.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

Almost any other man would have sentenced the dog to immediate death.
Extract from : « Biographical Stories » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

He made no immediate objection to this proposal, so strangely motived.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

The improvement of time ought to be our great and immediate concern.
Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox

But the immediate fate of Naples, as he well knew, hung upon the issue.
Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey

Synonyms for immediate

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