{
    "term": "immediate",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "happening or done without delay",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an immediate reaction/response"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to take **immediate action**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "RAM stores information for **immediate access**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This decision will have an **immediate impact** on students."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company announced the **immediate availability** of an updated version of the software."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The painkillers brought almost immediate relief."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Carrie's immediate reaction to the news was to laugh in relief."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Local police took immediate action when they received the bomb alert."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She said the matter needed immediate attention."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Time"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["almost"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "existing now and needing attention quickly",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Our immediate concern is to help the families of those who died."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The hospital says she's out of immediate danger."
                },
                {
                    "text": "weapons of mass destruction that were an **immediate threat** to international security"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The report focuses on some of the more immediate problems facing us."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He said there was no immediate need to appeal for international assistance."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "next to or very close to a particular place or time",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "in the **immediate vicinity**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**in the immediate aftermath of** the war"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The prospects for the **immediate future** are good."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The director is standing on her immediate right."
                },
                {
                    "text": "my immediate predecessor in the job *(= the person who had the job just before me)*"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "nearest in relationship or rank",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The funeral was attended by her **immediate family** *(= her parents, children, brothers and sisters)* only."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is my **immediate superior** *(= the person directly above me)* in the company."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "having a direct effect",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The immediate cause of death is unknown."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "starting now",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She has resigned with immediate effect."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈmiːdiət/",
                "audio": "im/immediate/immediate__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈmiːdiət/",
                "audio": "im/immediate/immediate__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘nearest in space or order’): from Old French immediat, or from late Latin immediatus, from in- ‘not’ + mediatus ‘intervening’, past participle of mediare, from Latin medius ‘middle’."
}