immediate

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Synonyms: immediato, mediate, immediacy, remediate, impedite, immediatly, immediative, immediates

Antonyms: immediato, mediate, immediacy, remediate, impedite, immediatly, immediative, immediates

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Adjective

1. Happening right away, [[instantly]], with no [[delay]].
2. Very [[close]]; [[direct]] or [[adjacent]].
3. [[manifestly|Manifestly]] true; requiring no argument.
4. {{lb|en|computer science|of an instruction [[operand]]}} [[embedded|Embedded]] as part of the [[instruction]] itself, rather than stored elsewhere (such as a [[register]] or [[memory]] location).
5. {{lb|en|procedure word|military}} {{n-g|Used to denote that a transmission is urgent.}}
6. {{lb|en|procedure word|military}} {{n-g|An artillery fire mission modifier for two types of fire mission to denote an immediate need for fire: Immediate smoke, all guns involved must reload smoke and fire. Immediate suppression, all guns involved fire the rounds currently loaded and then switch to high explosive with impact fused (unless fuses are specified).}}

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