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    [Adjective]  | "im*me*di*ate" | \ i-ˈmē-dē-ət \


    1: occurring, acting, or accomplished without loss or interval of time : instant

    2: near to or related to the present

    3: of or relating to the here and now : current


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English immediat, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin immediatus, from Latin in- + Late Latin mediatus intermediate {mat|mediate|};

    [Noun]  | "immediate constituent" 


    1: any of the meaningful constituents directly forming a larger linguistic construction (such as a phrase or sentence)


    Origin: 1933 ;

    [Noun]  | "immediate family" 


    1: a person's parents, brothers and sisters, husband or wife, and children

    [Adjective]  | "immediate" 


    1: done or occurring without any noticeable lapse in time;


      * e.g., " ... felt immediate relief after taking the painkiller "





    2: done or working without something else coming in between;


      * e.g., " ... she is my immediate superior, so I report to her "





    3: done, carried out, or given without delay;


      * e.g., " ... immediate treatment saved the victim of the massive heart attack "





     [ "immediate" ]

    1: (v.) to come to or declare a position or standpoint instantly or spontaneously; to rush to; to jump to a conclusion

      * e.g.,  ... He immediated the conclusion that Obama is a communist because he past the Affordable Health Care Act, a somewhat socialist based bill. Don't immediate conclusions. When you do that most of the time, you don't have enough evidence for which to found it on. 

     [ "Immediation" ]

    1: when a third party exploits ,two other parties in conflict and takes advantage of the situation

      * e.g.,  ... while bill and bob fought on facebook, the immediation of the trolls was hillarious 

     [ "Immediately" ]

    1: Something mrs Bradford says....

      * e.g.,  ... Immediately pull out your daily reading records. 

     [ "Immediate Family" ]

    1: The term used to include brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, spouses, children, and Belle.

      * e.g.,  ... "My immediate family is coming to town." 

     [ "immediate ejection" ]

    1: Noun.

      * e.g.,  ... Murdoch was an immediate ejection from the Prince George Hotel. 


     [ "immediate ejection" ]

    2: The act of being kicked out of an establishment right away, usually for lines you crossed the previous visit but cannot recall.

      * e.g.,  ... They just recognized him right away and tossed his ass - he didn't even know what for! 

     [ "effective immediately" ]

    1: Basically it means, you do this shit right now or you suffer the punitive consequences! Also, do wtf I said and do it right now.

      * e.g.,  ... The following expectations are non-negotiable. Effective immediately. Please advise. 

     [ "immediate reaction" ]

    1: When you don't expect something and you quickly do the opposite to what you were doing within a second

      * e.g.,  ... Immediate reaction is when you put your hand in boiling water and your put your hand out within a second 

     [ "immediate fear" ]

    1: It's when you think you could do something, then immediately realise how much you lack confidence to do it

      * e.g.,  ... "I thought I could do it man, but then, I was stuck with immediate fear" 

     [ "Immediate Likeage" ]

    1: Immediate Likeage (n): When a friend posts a status update, photo, relationship status, etc, and you like it within an embarrassingly short amount of time, marking yourself permanently as some sort of Facebook stalker.

      * e.g.,  ... Facebook Newsfeed: Gina Ferguson and Nicholas Sullivan are in a relationship. (47 seconds later) Mallory Peterson likes this. Gina: Good lord. Cool it with the immediate likeage. Mallory: Sorry, my Facebook stalking threshold is high today. 

     [ "kill yourself immediately" ]

    1: To kill yourself in a swift manner in order to prevent you from annoying anyone else

      * e.g.,  ... n00b:Hay their budy! 

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