immediate

adjective

1. 1

   very close or connected in space or time

   contiguous events

   immediate contact

2. 2

   having no intervening medium

   an immediate influence

3. 3

   performed with little or no delay

   an immediate reply to my letter

   a prompt reply

4. 4

   immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect

   the immediate result

   the immediate cause of the trouble

5. 5

   of the present time and place

   the immediate revisions