immediately
Syllables: im·me·di·ate·lyUK/ɪˈmiː.di.ət.li//ɪˈmi.di.ɪt.li/
immediately adverb: in an immediate manner; instantly or without delay.
Adverb
immediately (not comparable)
- In an immediate manner; instantly or without delay.
- I hope we can begin immediately.
- 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.1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 96
- Without any intervening time or space.
- 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.1951 June, “British Railways Standard Class "5" 4-6-0 Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 399
Conjunction
immediately
- As soon as, the moment that.
- Near-synonym: once
- My dog is an open book: immediately he smelled our dinner, he grew more interested in our activities.
- Synonyms:
- once
immediately meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
immediately in Hindi
- in an immediate manner
- तत्काल tatkāl, तुरंत turant, फ़ौरन fauran
immediately in Tamil
- immediately, instantly, right away
- உடனடியாக uṭaṉaṭiyāka
- immediately
- உடனே uṭaṉē
immediately in Marathi
- in an immediate manner
- ताबडतोब tābaḍtob, आत्ताच्या आत्ता āttācyā āttā
immediately in Urdu
- in an immediate manner
- فوراً fauran
More languagesFewer languages
- immediately in Bengali
- ফটাফট phoṭaphoṭ, তখনই tokhoni
- immediately in Telugu
- తక్షణము takṣaṇamu
- immediately in Malayalam
- പെട്ടെന്ന് peṭṭennŭ, ഉടനെ uṭane
- immediately in Kannada
- ತತ್ಕ್ಷಣ tatkṣaṇa, ತಕ್ಷಣ takṣaṇa
- immediately in Punjabi
- ਫੌਰਨ phauran, ਤੁਰਤ turat
- immediately in Gujarati
- તરત tarat, ઝટ jhaṭ
- immediately in Odia
- ତୁରନ୍ତ turanta
- immediately in Sanskrit
- सकृत् sakṛt, झटुति jhaṭuti, सपदि sapadi, तत्क्षण tatkṣaṇa
- immediately in Sinhala
- වහාම
- immediately in Nepali
- तुरुन्तै, तत्काल, तत्कालै
- immediately in Arabic
- فَوْرًا fawran, حَالًا ḥālan, مُبَاشَرَةً mubāšaratan
- immediately in Malay
- serta-merta
- immediately in Persian
- فوراً fowran, بلافاصله belâfâsele
- immediately in Thai
- ทันที tan-tii, ทันทีทันใด
- immediately in Vietnamese
- ngay, ngay lập tức, ngay tức khắc, lập tức
- immediately in Myanmar
- ချက်ချင်း hkyakhkyang:, ချက်ခနဲ hkyakhka.nai:, ဆောတလျင် hcau:ta.lyang, ဒက်ခနဲ dakhka.nai:
Examples of immediately in a sentence
- 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.2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport:
- Because the body was already burned beyond recognition, detectives were not able to immediately determine its gender or identity.2026 July 18, Nicholas Muhoro, “Bryce Laspisa Vanished Near Castaic Lake After Spending 13 Hours Parked on a California Highway”, in Skip...
- Immediately he saw the firm, he realised what he could do.1921, DH Lawrence, Women in Love, Vintage, published 2008, page 221:
- Immediately you transact on the Redemption and stop the impertinence of debate, God gives you the witness.1924 (compiled and published posthumously), Oswald Chambers, "The Witness of the Spirit" (reading for Oct. 22), My Utmost for His Highest
Synonyms of immediately
17 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- instantly
- no sooner said than done
- on the nail
- on the spot
- on the spur of the moment
- pronto
- right now
- right off
- soon
- stat
- this instant
- toot sweet
- yesterday
- anoon
- by and by
- forthwithal
- incontinently
Antonyms
Origin of immediately
From Middle English immediatly, equivalent to immediate + -ly.
Questions about immediately
- What does immediately mean?
- Immediately means in an immediate manner; instantly or without delay.
- What is immediately in Hindi?
- Immediately in Hindi is तत्काल (tatkāl), तुरंत (turant), फ़ौरन (fauran). See Immediately meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use immediately in a sentence?
- 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.
- What part of speech is immediately?
- Immediately can be an adverb or a conjunction.
- How do you pronounce immediately?
- Immediately is pronounced /ɪˈmiː.di.ət.li/ (UK).
Words near immediately in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: immediately (page history and authors); உடனடியாக (Tamil) (page history and authors); তখনই (Bengali) (page history and authors); ತಕ್ಷಣ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਤੁਰਤ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ઝટ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ତୁରନ୍ତ (Odia) (page history and authors); immediately (Sinhala Wiktionary) (page history and authors); immediately (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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