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==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] immediat, from Anglo-French, from Late [[Latin]] immediatus, from Latin in- + Late Latin mediatus intermediate
*Date: 15th century
==Definitions==
*1 a : [[acting]] or [[being]] without the intervention of another object, cause, or [[agency]] : direct <the immediate cause of death>
:b : present to the [[mind]] independently of other [[states]] or factors <immediate awareness> c : involving or derived from a single premise <an immediate inference>
*2 : being next in line or [[relation]] <the immediate family>
*3 a : existing without intervening [[space]] or substance <brought into immediate contact>
:b : being near at hand <the immediate neighborhood>
4 a : occurring, acting, or accomplished without loss or interval of [[time]] : instant <an immediate need>
:b (1) : near to or related to the present <the immediate past> (2) : of or relating to the here and now : current <too busy with immediate concerns to worry about the future>
*5 : directly [[touching]] or concerning a [[person]] or [[thing]] <the child's immediate world is the classroom>
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] immediat, from Anglo-French, from Late [[Latin]] immediatus, from Latin in- + Late Latin mediatus intermediate
*Date: 15th century
==Definitions==
*1 a : [[acting]] or [[being]] without the intervention of another object, cause, or [[agency]] : direct <the immediate cause of death>
:b : present to the [[mind]] independently of other [[states]] or factors <immediate awareness> c : involving or derived from a single premise <an immediate inference>
*2 : being next in line or [[relation]] <the immediate family>
*3 a : existing without intervening [[space]] or substance <brought into immediate contact>
:b : being near at hand <the immediate neighborhood>
4 a : occurring, acting, or accomplished without loss or interval of [[time]] : instant <an immediate need>
:b (1) : near to or related to the present <the immediate past> (2) : of or relating to the here and now : current <too busy with immediate concerns to worry about the future>
*5 : directly [[touching]] or concerning a [[person]] or [[thing]] <the child's immediate world is the classroom>
[[Category: General Reference]]
