Trực tiếp

an immediate cause

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Lập tức, tức thì, ngay, trước mắt

an immediate answer

câu trả lời lập tức

an immediate task

nhiệm vụ trước mắt

Gần gũi, gần nhất, sát cạnh

my immediate neighbour

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tức thời

Instantaneous, instant, abrupt, sudden, swift;spontaneous, instinctive, triggered, unhesitating, unthinking,automatic, reflex, knee-jerk: Why is your immediate reactionalways to say 'It cannot be done'?

Direct, nearest, next,closest, adjacent, proximate; nearby: Although he had cancer,the immediate cause of death was pneumonia. Is there a phonebox in the immediate vicinity? 3 existing, present, current,actual, pressing, urgent: The immediate problem is to find away of getting out of here.

Occurring or done at once or without delay (an immediatereply).

Nearest, next; not separated by others (the immediatevicinity; the immediate future; my immediate neighbour).

Mostpressing or urgent (our immediate concern was to get him tohospital).

(of a relation or action) having direct effect;without an intervening medium or agency (the immediate cause ofdeath).

(of knowledge) intuitive, gained without reasoning.

Immediacy n. immediateness n. [ME f. F imm‚diat or LLimmediatus (as IN-(1), MEDIATE)]