/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.
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He immediately understood what was happening.
, c' urgent.
Reply immediately, it is urgent.
, c' urgent.
Come back immediately, it's very urgent.
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He immediately understood the situation.
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