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immediate | ipof |

As an adjective immediate

is ; immediate (without delay).

As an adverb ipof is

(modal) in point of fact.

As a noun ipof is

(medicine) immediate postoperative fitting.

immediate

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Happening right away, instantly, with no delay.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Assemble we immediate council.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=19 citation , passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.}}
  • Very close; direct or adjacent.
  • * Shakespeare
    • You are the most immediate to our throne.
  • Manifestly true; requiring no argument.
  • embedded as part of the instruction itself, rather than stored elsewhere (such as a register or memory location)

    • Related terms

    * immediacy

    Derived terms

    * immediately

    Anagrams

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    ipof

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (modal) in point of fact

    • Noun

  • (medicine) immediate postoperative fitting
  • * 1982 : Ian M. Troup and Marjorie A. Wood, Total Care of the Lower Limb Amputee , page 65 (Pitman; ISBN 0272796417, 9780272796412)
    • […] the immediate postoperative fitting (IPOF ) type plaster and is similar to the normal rigid plaster dressing without […]
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