Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - immediate

 adjective  Etymology: Middle English immediat, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin immediatus, from Latin in- + Late Latin mediatus intermediate — more at mediate  Date: 15th century  1.  a. acting or being without the intervention of another object, cause, or agency ; direct the ~ cause of death  b. present to the mind independently of other states or factors ~ awareness  c. involving or derived from a single premise an ~ inference  2. being next in line or relation the ~ family  3.  a. existing without intervening space or substance brought into ~ contact  b. being near at hand the ~ neighborhood  4.  a. occurring, acting, or accomplished without loss or interval of time ; instant an ~ need  b.  (1) near to or related to the present the ~ past  (2) of or relating to the here and now ; current too busy with ~ concerns to worry about the future  5. directly touching or concerning a person or thing the child's ~ world is the classroom