occurring, done, at once; without anything coming between
instantaneous; without delay
Cases of word usage
1) (the power of) the immediate understanding of something without conscious reasoning or study (intuition)
2) urgent; requiring immediate attention (pressing)
3) a movement, light, sound etc used to give a warning, an order or information; an event which is the immediate cause of another activity etc (signal)
4) a lever used for releasing a spring, especially of a gun; to be the immediate cause of something serious or violent (trigger)