01 a. Not separated in respect to place by anything intervening; proximate; close; as, immediate contact.
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Not separated in respect to place by anything intervening; proximate; close; as, immediate contact.“You are the most immediate to our throne.” — Shak.
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Not deferred by an interval of time; present; instant.“Death . . . not yet inflicted, as he feared, By some immediate stroke.” — Milton.
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Acting with nothing interposed or between, or without the intervention of another object as a cause, means, or agency; acting, perceived, or produced, directly; as, an immediate cause.“The immediate knowledge of the past is therefore impossible.” — Sir. W. Hamilton.
Phrases & compounds
Immediate amputation —
an amputation performed within the first few hours after an injury, and before the the effects of the shock have passed away.