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more immediate

ADJECTIVE

instantaneous; without delay

Synonyms

STRONGEST

actual prompt urgent

WEAK

at once at present time at this moment critical current existing extant first hair-trigger instant live next now on hand paramount present pressing up-to-date

Antonyms

WEAK

away distant eventually far later never

ADJECTIVE

near, next

Synonyms

STRONGEST

direct recent

WEAK

adjacent close contiguous firsthand near-at-hand nearby nearest nigh primary proximal proximate

Antonyms

WEAK

away distant eventually far later never

Example Sentences

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Their anxieties don't weigh the book down, though - the characters' coping strategy is to process them with a heavy dose of flippant humour, or switch focus to the night's more immediate desires and dramas.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

But those numbers capture only a fraction of deaths, which often are classified only by other, more immediate causes, such as bleeding in the brain.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

Indeed, the war had a more immediate impact on inflation.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

The more immediate question is whether Warsh can survive his first months in office without the tirades and confrontation Powell endured for years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

At the time I wasn’t even aware I was sick: any symptom, any fever or pain, was drowned by the clamor of my more immediate miseries.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt