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immediately in British English · 1. without delay or intervention; at once; instantly. it happened immediately · 2. very closely or directly. this immediately ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Definitionof 'immediately'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× immediately (ɪmiːdiətli ) 1. adverb[ADVERBwithverb] Ifsomethinghappensimmediately,ithappenswithoutanydelay. Heimmediatelyflunghimselftothefloor. IngridansweredPeter'sletterimmediately. 2. adverb[ADVERBadjective] Ifsomethingisimmediatelyobvious,itcanbeseenorunderstoodwithoutanydelay. Thecauseoftheaccidentwasnotimmediatelyapparent. 3. adverb[ADVERBadjective/-ed] Immediatelyisusedtoindicatethatsomeoneorsomethingiscloselyanddirectlyinvolvedinasituation. Themanimmediatelyresponsibleforthismiseryistheprovince'sgovernor. Wehadthepeopleimmediatelyconcernedintheplot. Synonyms:directly,closely,atfirsthand MoreSynonymsofimmediately 4. adverb Immediatelyisusedtoemphasizethatsomethingcomesnext,orisnexttosomethingelse. Theywishtobeginimmediatelyafterdinner. Shealwayssitsimmediatelybehindthedriver. ImmediatelytoourrighttheoldGermansummerresortwasawakening. Synonyms:exactly,just,right,closely MoreSynonymsofimmediately 5. conjunction Ifonethinghappensimmediatelysomethingelsehappens,ithappensafterthatevent,withoutanydelay. [mainlyBritish]ImmediatelyI'vedoneitIfeelcompletelydisgustedwithmyself. MoreSynonymsofimmediately COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Video:pronunciationof immediately Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'immediately' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'immediately' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'tyropitta' HindiTranslationof'immediately' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency immediatelyinBritishEnglish (ɪˈmiːdɪətlɪ ) adverb1. withoutdelayorintervention;atonce;instantly ithappenedimmediately 2. verycloselyordirectly thisimmediatelyconcernsyou 3. nearorcloseby he'ssomewhereimmediatelyinthisarea conjunction4. (subordinating)mainlyBritish atthesametimeas;assoonas immediatelyheopenedthedoor,therewasagustofwind CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers WordFrequency immediatelyinAmericanEnglish (ɪˈmidiɪtli ) adverb1.  inanimmediatemanner ;specif.,a.  withoutinterveningagencyorcause;directly b.  withoutdelay;atonce;instantly conjunction2. ChieflyBritish attheverymomentthat;assoonas returnimmediatelyyouaredone Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. Examplesof'immediately'inasentence immediately Theseexampleshavebeenautomaticallyselectedandmaycontainsensitivecontent.Readmore… AlmostimmediatelyIheardthecrunchofacarrunningoverit.HugoWilckenTHEEXECUTION(2002)Ilookedawayimmediately,throughthewindowhighupinthecorner.HugoWilckenTHEEXECUTION(2002)Itwentonimmediately,inadifferent,harshertone,nolongersinging.GarthNixLIRAEL:DAUGHTEROFTHECLAYR(2002)Alookofreliefbrieflylithissallowfeatures,liketheflickeringofafaultyfluorescentbulb,thenimmediatelywentout.JohnColapintoABOUTTHEAUTHOR(2002) COBUILDCollocations immediately  immediatelyobvious immediatelyrecognizable immediatelysuspicious immediatelyvisible implementimmediately informimmediately noticeimmediately notifyimmediately orderimmediately phoneimmediately proceedimmediately reactimmediately recognizeimmediately releaseimmediately removeimmediately replyimmediately resignimmediately respondimmediately returnimmediately serveimmediately spotimmediately startimmediately suspendimmediately transferimmediately withdrawimmediately Showmore... Trendsof immediately Viewusagefor: AllYears Last10years Last50years Last100years Last300years Inotherlanguages immediately BritishEnglish:immediately /ɪˈmiːdɪətlɪ/ADVERBIfsomethinghappensimmediately,ithappenswithoutanydelay.Heimmediatelyranforhelp.AmericanEnglish:immediately /ɪˈmidiɪtli/Arabic:فَوْراً BrazilianPortuguese:imediatamente Chinese:立即 Croatian:odmah Czech:okamžitě Danish:øjeblikkeligt Dutch:onmiddellijk EuropeanSpanish:inmediatamente Finnish:heti French:immédiatement German:unmittelbar Greek:αμέσως Italian:immediatamente Japanese:早速 Korean:즉시 Norwegian:omgående Polish:natychmiast EuropeanPortuguese:imediatamente Romanian:imediatRussian:немедленно LatinAmericanSpanish:inmediatamente Swedish:omedelbart Thai:อย่างทันทีTurkish:anında Ukrainian:негайноVietnamese:ngaylậptức Translateyourtextforfree Browsealphabetically immediately immediatewithdrawal immediateworry immediate-releasecoating immediately immediatelyaccessible immediatelyapparent immediatelyevident AllENGLISHwordsthatbeginwith'I' Relatedtermsof immediately beginimmediately ceaseimmediately fleeimmediately followimmediately informimmediately Viewmorerelatedwords Source DefinitionofimmediatelyfromtheCollinsEnglishDictionary ReadabouttheteamofauthorsbehindCollinsDictionaries. 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