Kilo Lingo

/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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This word is part of lesson 25.