Definitions of immediate:

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

  Example: "The immediate result"

• adjective:   of the present time and place

  Example: "The immediate revisions"

• adjective:   having no intervening medium

  Example: "An immediate influence"

• adjective:   performed with little or no delay

  Example: "An immediate reply to my letter"

• adjective:   very close or connected in space or time

  Example: "Immediate contact"