immediately

English

Etymology

From Middle English immediatly, equivalent to immediate +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈmiːdi.ətli/, /əˈmiːdi.ətli/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɪˈmiːdʒətli/, /əˈmiːdʒətli/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: im‧me‧di‧ate‧ly, im‧me‧diate‧ly

Adverb

immediately (not comparable)

1. In an immediate manner; instantly or without delay.

   I hope we can begin immediately.

   • 1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →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^[1]:

     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 quotations using this term, see Citations:immediately.
2. Without any intervening time or space.
   • 1951 June, “British Railways Standard Class "5" 4-6-0 Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 399:

     A tri-tone chime whistle, operated from the cab by a flexible cable passing down the right hand handrail, is mounted on the top of the smokebox immediately behind the chimney.

Synonyms

• forthwith, now, right away, straightaway, tout de suite; see also Thesaurus:immediately

Translations

in an immediate manner

• Afrikaans: dadelik (af), onmiddelik
• Albanian: menjëherë (sq), përnjëherësh (sq)
• Arabic: فَوْرًا (fawran), حَالًا (ar) (ḥālan), مُبَاشَرَةً (mubāšaratan)

  Egyptian Arabic: حَالًا (ḥālan), على طول (ʼala ṭūl), قوام (ʔawām), مُبَاشَرَةً (mubashran), تـَوّاً َ (tawwan)

  Gulf Arabic: عَلَطُول (ʕalaṭūl)

  Hijazi Arabic: على طول (ʼala ṭūl)

  South Levantine Arabic: قوام (ʔawām), على طول (ʼala ṭūl), طوالي (ṭawwāli), حالا (ḥālan)

• Armenian: անմիջապես (hy) (anmiǰapes)
• 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:), ဆောလျင်စွ (hcau:lyangcwa.), ရက်ရက် (my) (rak-rak), ရုတ်ခြည်း (my) (ruthkrany:)
• Catalan: immediatament (ca)
• Cherokee: ᎲᎴᏊ (hvlequu)
• Cheyenne: sé'ea'e
• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 馬上／马上 (zh-min-nan) (má-siōng), 即時／即时 (zh-min-nan) (chik-sî), 連鞭／连鞭 (zh-min-nan) (liâm-mi), 隨時／随时 (zh-min-nan) (suî-sî)

  Mandarin: 馬上／马上 (zh) (mǎshàng), 立刻 (zh) (lìkè), 即刻 (zh) (jíkè), 立即 (zh) (lìjí), 直接 (zh) (zhíjiē)

• Crimean Tatar: deral, tez, çabik
• Czech: ihned (cs), hned (cs), okamžitě (cs)
• Danish: øjeblikkeligt, med det samme, nu (da), med det vuns
• Dutch: meteen (nl), direct (nl), onmiddellijk (nl)
• Esperanto: tuj (eo), senprokraste (eo)
• Finnish: heti (fi), välittömästi (fi)
• French: immédiatement (fr), tout de suite (fr), aussitôt (fr)
• Galician: inmediatamente (gl), no intre, logo, decontado, deseguida
• Georgian: მყისიერად (mq̇isierad), ეგრევე (egreve), მაშინვე (mašinve), უმალვე (umalve), სასწრაფოდ (sasc̣rapod), გადაუდებლად (gadaudeblad), დაუყოვნებლივ (dauq̇ovnebliv)
• German: sofort (de), alsbald (de), unverzüglich (de), auf der Stelle (de), umgehend (de)
• Greek: αμέσως (el) (amésos)

  Ancient Greek: εὐθύς (euthús)

  Ancient: εὐθέως (euthéōs), αὐτίκα (autíka), τὴν πρώτην (tḕn prṓtēn)

• Hebrew: מִיָּד (he) (miyád), תֵּכֶף (he) (téchef)
• Hindi: तत्काल (hi) (tatkāl), तुरंत (hi) (turant), फ़ौरन (fauran)
• Hungarian: azonnal (hu), rögtön (hu), nyomban (hu), azon nyomban (hu), máris (hu)
• Icelandic: strax (is)
• Ido: quik (io)
• Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
• Istriot: soûbito
• Italian: immediatamente (it), subito (it), su due piedi (it)
• Japanese: 直ぐに (ja) (すぐに, sugu ni), 直ちに (ja) (ただちに, tadachi ni), 直接に (ja) (ちょくせつに, chokusetsu ni)
• Korean: 즉시 (ko) (jeuksi), 곧 (ko) (got)
• Ladino: pishin, devista, en vista
• Latgalian: tiuleņ, tiuļ
• Latin: iūgiter, īlicō, statim (la), actūtum
• Latvian: tūlīt
• Limburgish: drek (li)
• Lithuanian: tuoj
• Malay: serta-merta
• Malayalam: പെട്ടെന്ന് (ml) (peṭṭennŭ), ഉടനെ (ml) (uṭane)
• Maore Comorian: kamwe
• Maori: tangetange
• Marathi: ताबडतोब (tābaḍtob), आत्ताच्या आत्ता (āttācyā āttā)
• Navajo: hah, haneetehee, tʼah kodą́ą́ʼ, tʼáá áko
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: øyeblikkelig (no), med en gang, umiddelbart

• Old English: sōna, þǣrrihte
• Persian: فوراً (fa) (fowran), بلافاصله (fa) (belâfâsele)
• Polish: zaraz (pl), natychmiast (pl), doraźnie (pl), natychmiastowo (pl), bezpośrednio (pl), niezwłocznie (pl), bezzwłocznie (pl), w tym momencie
• 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), तत्क्षण (sa) (tatkṣaṇa)
• 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 (es), ya (es), sin demora, enseguida (es), acto seguido
• Swahili: mara moja, mara
• Swedish: ögonblickligen (sv), på direkten (sv), omedelbart (sv), genast (sv), omgående (sv), ögonaböj (sv), nu (sv), med detsamma (sv), på en gång (sv), med en gång (sv)
• Telugu: తక్షణము (te) (takṣaṇamu)
• Thai: ทันที (th) (tan-tii)
• Tibetan: འཕྲལ་དུ ('phral du)
• Tocharian B: teteka
• Turkish: anında (tr), derhal (tr), hemen (tr)
• Ukrainian: за́раз (uk) (záraz), нега́йно (nehájno)
• Urdu: فوراً (fauran)
• Uyghur: دەرھال (derhal)
• Venetian: sùito, sùvito
• Vietnamese: ngay (vi), ngay lập tức (vi), ngay tức khắc (vi), lập tức (vi), ngay tức thì
• Volapük: sunädo (vo)
• Yiddish: תּיכּף (teykef)
• Yoruba: lẹ́sẹ̀kẹ́sẹ̀, lójijì
• Zhuang: doq, sikhaek

Conjunction

immediately

1. directly (as soon as), instantly, the moment that. Indicates that the independent clause describes something that occurs immediately after the dependent clause's referent does.
   • 1924 (compiled and published posthumously), Oswald Chambers, "The Witness of the Spirit" (reading for Oct. 22), My Utmost for His Highest:

     Immediately you transact on the Redemption and stop the impertinence of debate, God gives you the witness.

Synonyms

• as soon as
• directly after, immediately after, right after, etc.