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immediately

 
 
/ɪˈmiːdiətli/ adverb

Definition

NOW now or without waiting or thinking about something: You have to come home immediately. The cause of the problem wasn't immediately obvious.
NEXT next to something, or close to something in time: There are fields immediately behind the house. Cole scored again immediately after half-time.
(Definition of immediately adverb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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