immediate

a. அடுத்துள்ள, இடையீடின்றி அருகிலுள்ள, அடுத்த, மிக நெருங்கிய, நேரடியான, உடனடியான, காரண வல் நேர் தொட்ர்புத் தூண்டுதலான, இடைக்காரண நிலைகளற்ற, காலந்தாழ்த்தாத, சுணக்கமற்ற, அடுத்துப் பின்வருகிற, அடுத்துப்பின் நிகழ்வான.

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Im*me"di*ate, a. Etym: [F. immédiat. See In- not, and Mediate.] 1. Not separated in respect to place by anything intervening; proximate; close; as, immediate contact. You are the most immediate to our throne. Shak. 2. Not deferred by an interval of time; present; instant. "Assemble we immediate council." Shak. Death . . . not yet inflicted, as he feared, By some immediate stroke. Milton. 3. Acting with nothing interposed or between, or without the intervention of another object as a cause, means, or agency; acting, perceived, or produced, directly; as, an immediate cause. The immediate knowledge of the past is therefore impossible. Sir. W. Hamilton. Immediate amputation (Surg.), an amputation performed within the first few hours after an injury, and before the the effects of the shock have passed away. Syn. -- Proximate; close; direct; next.