/in.meˈðja.to/
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Translation
immediate
Word origin
From Latin immediatus ('without anything in between'), from in- ('not') plus mediatus ('placed in the middle'). The same root gives English immediate.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- immediatus
- English cognates
- immediate
Grammar
Feminineinmediata
Masc pluralinmediatos
Fem pluralinmediatas
Examples
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The doctor's response was immediate.
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We need an immediate solution to this problem.
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I knew at once that something was wrong.
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The effects of the change were not immediate.
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Call the police immediately.
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