immediately

Everyday

1. Immediately means at once, right now, without waiting. tree →
2. Immediately means directly next to, with nothing in between: «immediately behind the school». tree →

In the lessons

In safety lessons pupils must react immediately to a fire alarm, a teacher's call or an emergency: stop, listen, leave. In instructions «immediately» means no delay. In stories something happens immediately after something else. Phrases: immediately after, leave immediately, call immediately, immediately behind.

Examples

• Leave the building immediately when the fire alarm rings. tree →
• Come here immediately! tree →
• Tell an adult immediately if someone is hurt. tree →
• Wash cuts immediately with clean water. tree →
• The shop is immediately next to the bank. tree →
• He fell asleep immediately. tree →
• Immediately after lunch we went outside. tree →
• The Eagle accepted the Kite immediately. tree →

Note

Spelling trap: im-me-di-ate-ly — double «m», and keep the «e» before -ly. Similar words: at once, right away, instantly, straight away. Opposite: later, eventually.

In Jewish tradition

In safety lessons pupils must react immediately to a fire alarm, a teacher's call or an emergency: stop, listen, leave. In instructions «immediately» means no delay. In stories something happens immediately after something else. Phrases: immediately after, leave immediately, call immediately, immediately behind.

Examples

• Immediately Joseph sat down and wrote down the sefer Yetzirah at the dictation of B'"usy." (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• Immediately Joseph sat down and wrote down these words at the dictation of ty"Bsy [Ben Sira], and he wrote them in five books on the earth : Sefer Yetzirah, etc." (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →

Note

Spelling trap: im-me-di-ate-ly — double «m», and keep the «e» before -ly. Similar words: at once, right away, instantly, straight away. Opposite: later, eventually.