immediacy

immediate / Ç'mi:diǝt / adj

၁။ (က) ချက်ချင်း။ လက်ငင်း။
I want an immediate reply. ❍ The response of the people to the famine appeal was immediate.
❍ take immediate action.
(ခ) လက်ငင်း။ Our immediate concern is for the families of those who died.
၂။ လောလောဆယ်။ အနီးဆုံး။ အရင်းဆုံး။
What are your plans for the immediate future?
❍ There’s no post office in the immediate neighbourhood. ❍ his immediate predecessor
❍ She only told her immediate family (eg her parents, husband, children, brothers and sisters).
၃။ တိုက်ရိုက်။ The immediate cause of death is unknown.
❑ immediacy / -ǝsi / n [U] နီးစပ်မှု။ အနီးကပ်။ လတ်တလော ဖြစ်မှု။ the immediacy of the war, as seen on television ❍ the immediacy of the problem.
❑ immediately adv
၁။ ချက်ချင်း။ နှောင့်နှေးခြင်း မရှိဘဲ။
She answered almost immediately. ❍ The point of my question may not be immediately apparent.
၂။ ပြီးပြီးချင်း။ ကပ်လျက်။ in the years immediately after the war ❍ fix the lock immediately below the handle.
၃။ တိုက်ရိုက်။ the buildings most immediately affected by the bomb blast. —conj (esp Brit ) ချက်ချင်း။ တစ်ပြိုင်နက်။ I recognized her immediately I saw her.