adverb · neutral
immediately
UK/ɪˈmiːdiətli/US/ɪˈmidiətli/i·ME·di·ate·ly
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right away; without delay
Examples
“Please notify me immediately if any problems arise.”
“The patient was treated immediately after diagnosis.”
“She stopped the experiment immediately when anomalies appeared.”
Band 8 sentence
“When the anomaly was detected, the control team immediately initiated the emergency shutdown procedure.”
Collocations
- immediately + after + noun / clause
- immediately + verb
Word family
immediate adjimmediately adv
Common mistakes
I will do it immediately when I arrive.→I will do it as soon as I arrive.
He answered immediately that he would help.→He replied immediately that he would help.
Say it for a higher band
5right away→6soon→7+immediately
Synonyms
instantly
right away
Easily confused
instantly
“He stopped the machine instantly when he saw the smoke.”
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