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/i.me.djat.mɑ̃/

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Translation

immediately

Word origin

From Latin immediatus ('not mediated, direct'), formed from the negative prefix in- and mediatus ('placed in the middle'). The same root gives English immediate and immediately.

Origin
Latin
Root
immediatus
English cognates
immediate, immediately

Examples

.

Come to my office immediately.

.

He immediately understood what was happening.

, c' .

Reply immediately, it is urgent.

, c' .

Come back immediately, it's very urgent.

.

He immediately understood the situation.

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This word is part of lesson 23.