different between speedy vs immediate
speedy
English
Etymology
From Middle English spedy, spedi, from Old English sp?di? (“having good speed, lucky, prosperous; having means, wealthy, opulent, rich in material wealth; rich in, abounding in, abundant, plenteous, copious; powerful”), from Proto-Germanic *sp?digaz (“successful, hurried”), equivalent to speed +? -y. Cognate with Scots spedie (“speedy”), Dutch spoedig (“speedy, swift, rapid, quick”), German sputig, spudig (“industrious, speedy”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?spi?di/
- Rhymes: -i?di
Adjective
speedy (comparative speedier, superlative speediest)
- rapid; swift
Synonyms
- fast, swift, quick, rapid
- See also Thesaurus:speedy
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
speedy (third-person singular simple present speedies, present participle speedying, simple past and past participle speedied)
- (transitive) to process in a faster than normal, accelerated way
- 1647, {uncredited}, Journals of the House of Lords - Volume 10 - Page 389
- " […] the Treaty between the King and the Parliament may be speedied; and that Care may be taken, to prevent the casting of the Two Kingdoms into War and Blood."
- 1871, The Mauritius Reports (page 46)
- […] for the purpose of proceeding to the immediate sale of the goods under seizure, with the view of speedying the exercise of their rights on the proceeds of the sale of the goods seized.
- 1647, {uncredited}, Journals of the House of Lords - Volume 10 - Page 389
- (transitive, Wiktionary and WMF jargon) to apply the speedy rule in an online community (often the deletion rule); speedy delete
- The guy is *not* so obviously insignificant that speedying him is appropriate.
Synonyms
- speed up
- speedy delete
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immediate
English
Etymology
From Old French immediat, from Late Latin immedi?tus (“without anything between”), from Latin in + medi?tus, past participle of medi? (“to halve, to be in the middle”), from medius (“middle”)
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /??mi.di.?t/, /??mi.di.?t/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??mi?d??t/, /??mi?d??t/
- Hyphenation: im?me?di?ate
Adjective
immediate (comparative more immediate, superlative most immediate)
- Happening right away, instantly, with no delay.
- Very close; direct or adjacent.
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act I, Scene 2,[2]
- You are the most immediate to our throne,
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act I, Scene 2,[2]
- Manifestly true; requiring no argument.
- (computer science, of an instruction operand) embedded as part of the instruction itself, rather than stored elsewhere (such as a register or memory location)
- (procedure word, military) Used to denote that a transmission is urgent.
- (procedure word, military) An artillery fire mission modifier for to types of fire mission to denote an immediate need for fire: Immediate smoke, all guns involved must reload smoke and fire. Immediate suppression, all guns involved fire the rounds currently loaded and then switch to high explosive with impact fused (unless fuses are specified).
Synonyms
- (happening right away): instant, present; see also Thesaurus:instantaneous
- (very close): close, nearby; see also Thesaurus:near
- (manifestly true): self-evident, indubitable
Derived terms
- immediately
Related terms
- immediacy
Translations
Anagrams
- metiamide
Italian
Adjective
immediate f pl
- feminine plural of immediato
Latin
Adjective
immedi?te
- vocative masculine singular of immedi?tus
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