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10 Language-to-English DictionariesImmediately
/ɪˈmiː.di.ət.li/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
At once; without any delay.
"Please reply to this email immediately." - 2
Closest in time or space, with nothing intervening.
"Her office is immediately after the elevator on the left."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Late Latin adjective 'immediatus', combining the prefix 'in-' (meaning 'not') and 'mediatus' (past participle of 'mediare', meaning 'to be in the middle'). Entering Middle English via Old French in the late 14th century, the term originally meant with nothing coming in between spatially, eventually evolving to denote lack of intervening time.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Immediately" is said worldwide
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immédiatement
Transliteration: im-me-dyat-mant
"Il a répondu immédiatement à la question."
sofort
Transliteration: zo-fort
"Sie hat die Arbeit sofort erledigt."
immédiatement
Transliteration: im-me-dya-ta-men-te
Script: immediatamente
"Ho capito immediatamente il problema."
inmediatamente
Transliteration: in-me-dja-ta-men-te
"Salieron inmediatamente hacia el aeropuerto."
imediatamente
Transliteration: i-me-dja-ta-men-te
"Ele percebeu o erro imediatamente."
तुरंत
Transliteration: turant
"उसने तुरंत जवाब दिया।"
立刻
Transliteration: lìkè
"请立刻完成这项任务。"
즉시
Transliteration: jeuk-si
"그는 즉시 승낙했다."
直ちに
Transliteration: tadachini
"問題に対処するために直ちに行動してください。"
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