1 without delay; at once:
She answered almost immediately. * The point of my question may not be immediately apparent.
2 (usually with prepositions) next to or very close to a particular place or time:
Turn right immediately after the church. * the years immediately before the war * Who is immediately above a colonel in rank?
3 (usually with past participles) closely and directly:
Counselling is being given to those most immediately affected by the tragedy.
conjunction (especially BrE) as soon as:
Immediately she'd gone, I remembered her name.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is immediately a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, immediately is tagged as adverb.
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