immediately

English

Etymology

From immediate +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪˈmiːdi.ətli/
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Hyphenation: im‧me‧di‧ate‧ly

Adverb

immediately (not comparable)

In an immediate manner; instantly or without delay.
I hope we can begin immediately.
- 1967, Sleigh, Barbara, Jessamy, 1993 edition, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 96:
  His unruly hair was slicked down with water, and as Jessamy introduced him to Miss Brindle his face assumed a cherubic innocence which would immediately have aroused the suspicions of anyone who knew him.
- 2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport‎:
  Spain failed to move through the gears despite exerting control for lengthy spells and a measure of perspective must be applied immediately to the outcome.
- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:immediately.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:quickly

Translations

in an immediate manner

Arabic: فَوْرًا‎ (fawran), حَالاً‎ (ḥālan), مُبَاشَرَةً‎ (mubāšaratan)
Egyptian Arabic: حالا‎ (ḥālan)
Azerbaijani: dərhal (az)
Belarusian: неадкладна (njeadkladna), зараз жа (zaraz ža)
Bulgarian: веднага (bg) (vednaga), незабавно (bg) (nezabavno), непосредствено (bg) (neposredstveno)
Burmese: ချက်ချင်း (my) (hkyakhkyang:), ချက်ခနဲ (my) (hkyakhka.nai:), ဆောတလျင် (my) (hcau:ta.lyang), ဒက်ခနဲ (my) (dakhka.nai:), ဆောလျင်စွာ (my) (hcau:lyangcwa), ရက်ရက် (my) (rak-rak), ရုတ်ခြည်း (my) (ruthkrany:)
Catalan: immediatament (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 立刻 (zh) (lìkè), 馬上 (zh), 马上 (zh) (mǎshàng), 即刻 (zh) (jíkè), 立即 (zh) (lìjí), 直接 (zh) (zhíjiē)

Min Nan: 馬上 (zh-min-nan) (má-siōng), 即時 (zh-min-nan) (chik-sî), 連鞭 (zh-min-nan) (liâm-mi), 隨時 (zh-min-nan) (suî-sî)
Crimean Tatar: deral, tez, çabik
Czech: ihned (cs), hned (cs), okamžitě (cs)
Danish: øjeblikkeligt, med det samme
Dutch: meteen (nl), direct (nl), onmiddellijk (nl)
Esperanto: tuj (eo)
Finnish: heti (fi), välittömästi (fi)
French: immédiatement (fr), tout de suite (fr), aussitôt (fr)
Galician: inmediatamente, no intre, logo
Georgian: მყისიერად (mq̇isierad), ეგრევე (egreve), მაშინვე (mašinve), უმალვე (umalve), სასწრაფოდ (sasc̣rapod), გადაუდებლად (gadaudeblad), დაუყოვნებლივ (dauq̇ovnebliv)
German: sofort (de), alsbald (de)
Greek: αμέσως (el) (amésos)
Ancient: εὐθέως (euthéōs), αὐτίκα (autíka)
Hebrew: מיד‎
Hindi: तत्काल (hi) (tatkāl), तुरंत (hi) (turant), फ़ौरन (fauran)
Hungarian: azonnal (hu), rögtön (hu), nyomban (hu), azon nyomban (hu), máris
Icelandic: strax (is)
Ido: quik (io)
Istriot: soûbito
Italian: immediatamente (it), subito (it), su due piedi (it)
Japanese: すぐに (ja) (sugu-ni), 直ちに (ja) (ただちに, tadachi-ni), 直接 (ちょくせつ, chokusetsu)
Latgalian: tiuleņ, tiuļ
Latin: iūgiter, iloco, statim, actūtum
Latvian: tūlīt
Limburgish: drek (li)

Luxembourgish: eenzock, gaangs
Macedonian: веднаш (vednaš)
Malay: serta-merta
Malayalam: പെട്ടെന്ന് (ml) (peṭṭennŭ), ഉടനെ (ml) (uṭane)
Maore Comorian: kamwe
Navajo: hah, haneetehee, tʼah kodą́ą́ʼ, tʼáá áko
Norwegian:
Bokmål: øyeblikkelig (no), med en gang
Persian: فوراً‎ (fa) (fowran)
Polish: zaraz (pl), natychmiast (pl), doraźnie (pl), natychmiastowo (pl), bezpośrednio (pl), niezwłocznie (pl), bezzwłocznie (pl)
Portuguese: imediatamente (pt)
Quechua: kunallan
Romanian: imediat (ro), fără întârziere, numaidecât (ro), de îndată, îndată (ro)
Russian: неме́дленно (ru) (nemédlenno), то́тчас (ru) (tótčas), то́тчас же (tótčas že), сию́ мину́ту (ru) (sijú minútu)
Sanskrit: सकृत् (sa) (sakṛt), झटुति (sa) (jhaṭuti), सपदि (sa) (sapadi)
Scottish Gaelic: anns a' bhad, sa bhad
Serbo-Croatian: odmah (sh), smjesta (sh)
Slovene: takój (sl)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: ned
Spanish: inmediatamente (es), de inmediato, ya (es), sin demora
Swahili: mara moja, mara
Swedish: ögonblickligen (sv), på direkten (sv), omedelbart (sv), genast (sv), omgående (sv)
Telugu: తక్షణము (te) (takṣaṇamu)
Thai: ทันที (th) (tan-tii)
Turkish: anında (tr), derhal (tr), hemen (tr)
Ukrainian: зараз (uk) (záraz), негайно (nehájno)
Urdu: فورا‎ (fauran)
Venetian: sùito, sùvito
Vietnamese: ngay (vi), ngay lập tức (vi), ngay tức khắc (vi), lập tức (vi), ngay tức thì
Volapük: sunädo (vo)
Westrobothnian: wä dä sȯmma, stöss
Yiddish: תּיכּף‎ (teykef)

Conjunction

immediately

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.

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