Immediately

English

Adverb

Immediately (not comparable)

1. In an immediate manner; instantly or without delay.

   I hope we can begin immediately.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:quickly

Conjunction

Immediately

1. Indicates that the dependent clause describes something that occurs immediately after the independent clause's referent does.

Synonyms

• as soon as
• directly after, immediately after, right after, etc.

Thesaurus

PDQ, amain, anon, apace, at once, away, by forced marches, closely, contiguously, cursorily, decisively, directly, expeditiously, feverishly, forthwith, furiously, hand over fist, hastily, helter-skelter, hotfoot, hurriedly, hurry-scurry, in a jiffy, in a second, in a wink, in no time, in passing, instantaneously, instanter, instantly, intimately, just now, just then, momentaneously, momentarily, momently, now, on the dot, on the instant, on the nail, on the run, on the spot, pell-mell, pretty damned quick, promptly, pronto, quickly, right away, right now, right off, shortly, slapdash, smartly, soon, speedily, straightaway, straightway, subito, summarily, superficially, swiftly, this instant, tout de suite, when, with a rush, with all haste, with all speed, with dispatch, with haste, without delay, without further delay, without hesitation

Etymology

immediate

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪˈmiːdiətli/

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• Hyphenation: im‧me‧di‧ate‧ly

Translations

Adverb

in an immediate manner

Arabic: فورًا (ar) (fáwran), حالاً (ar) (Haalan), مباشرةً (ar) (mubaasharatan) Catalan: immediatament (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 立刻 (cmn) (lìkè), 馬上 (cmn), 马上 (cmn) (mǎshàng), 即刻 (cmn) (jíkè), 立即 (cmn) (lìjí), 直接 (cmn) (zhíjiē) Croatian: odmah (hr), smjesta (hr) Czech: ihned (cs), hned (cs), okamžitě (cs) Danish: øjeblikkeligt, med det samme Dutch: meteen (nl), direct (nl), onmiddellijk (nl) Finnish: heti (fi), välittömästi (fi) French: immédiatement (fr), tout de suite (fr) German: sofort (de) Greek: αμέσως (el) (amésos) Hindi: तत्काल (hi) (tatkāl), तुरंत (hi) (turant)

Hungarian: azonnal (hu), rögtön (hu), sürgősen (hu) Italian: immediatamente (it) Japanese: すぐに (ja) (sugu-ni), 直ちに (ja) (ただちに, tadachi-ni), 直接 (ja) (ちょくせつ, chokusetsu) Navajo: hah Norwegian: øyeblikkelig (no) Persian: فوراً (fa) (favran) Polish: zaraz (pl), natychmiast (pl) Portuguese: imediatamente (pt) Russian: немедленно (ru) (nemédlenno), тотчас (ru) (tótčas), тотчас же (ru) (tótčas že) Scottish Gaelic: anns a' bhad (gd), sa bhad (gd) Slovene: takoj (sl) Spanish: inmediatamente (es), de inmediato (es), ya (es), sin demora (es) Swedish: ögonblickligen, på direkten Volapük: sunädo (vo)