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"immediate" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often instantaneous (13 letters).
Definitions
very close or connected in space or time
Word origin
From Old French immediat (French immédiat), borrowed from Late Latin immediātus (“without in-between, moderation”), from Latin in + mediātus, perfect passive participle of mediō (“to halve, to be in the middle”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from medius (“middle”). By surface analysis, im- + mediate.
Used in a sentence
“Computer users these days expect immediate results when they click on a link.”
“Assemble we immediate council.”
“immediate family; immediate vicinity”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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