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Native Script:中文汉字
Pronunciation / Transliteration: lìjí
"我们需要立即采取行动。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Occurring or done at once; happening without any delay.
"The patient requires immediate medical attention." - 2
Closest in relationship or connection; direct.
"Her immediate family gathered to celebrate the holiday."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Late Latin word immediatus, combining the prefix in- (meaning 'not') with mediatus (past participle of mediare, 'to be in the middle'). Entering the English language in the late 14th century, it originally meant acting or happening without any intermediary or intervening agency, before expanding to denote temporal or spatial closeness.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Immediate" is said worldwide
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immédiat
Transliteration: im-meh-dyah
"Une action immédiate est nécessaire."
unmittelbar
Transliteration: un-mit-tel-bar
"Das erfordert eine unmittelbare Maßnahme."
immediato
Transliteration: im-meh-dja-to
"Questo richiede un intervento immediato."
inmediato
Transliteration: in-meh-djah-toh
"Se necesita una respuesta inmediata."
imediato
Transliteration: i-meh-dja-too
"Precisamos de uma solução imediata."
तत्काल
Transliteration: tatkaal
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"हमें तत्काल कार्रवाई की आवश्यकता है।"
立即
Transliteration: lìjí
Script: 中文汉字
"我们需要立即采取行动。"
즉각적인
Transliteration: jeuk-gak-jeok-in
Script: 한국어 한글
"우리는 즉각적인 조치가 필요합니다."
即座の
Transliteration: sokuza no
Script: 日本語
"即座に対応する必要があります。"
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