{
    "term": "immediately",
    "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "without delay",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She answered almost immediately."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They **immediately began** arguing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The point of my question may not be **immediately apparent**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is **immediately clear** that he is out of his depth."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Details were not **immediately available**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Jake immediately recognized her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company says it will immediately start the hunt for a new CEO."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He got into bed and immediately went to sleep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I immediately thought of him when I saw this on the news."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "at once",
            "topics": ["Time"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "next to or very close to a particular place or time",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Turn right immediately after the church."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the land immediately adjacent to the river"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the years immediately before the war"
                },
                {
                    "text": "in the two weeks immediately prior to the exam"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Who is immediately above a colonel in rank?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the period **immediately following** her birth"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film takes place in the days immediately preceding the invasion."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "closely and directly",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Counselling is being given to those most immediately affected by the tragedy."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈmiːdiətli/",
                "audio": "im/immediately/immediately__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈmiːdiətli/",
                "audio": "im/immediately/immediately__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}