adj.
- occurring or done at once.
▸most urgent; current.
- nearest in time, space, or relationship.
▸(of a relation or action) direct:
coronary thrombosis was the immediate cause of death.
- Philosophy (of knowledge or reaction) intuitive.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from OFr. immediat, or from late L. immediatus, from in- ‘not’ + mediatus ‘intervening’, past part. of mediare (see mediate).