Adjective
1. very close or connected in space or time;
"contiguous events""immediate contact""the immediate vicinity""the immediate past"2. having no intervening medium;
"an immediate influence"3. immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect;
"the immediate result""the immediate cause of the trouble"4. of the present time and place;
"the immediate revisions"5. performed with little or no delay;
"an immediate reply to my letter""prompt obedience""was quick to respond""a straightaway denial"