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immediately

Adverb

  1. 1

    immediately

    Quickly without delay.

    Korean definition: 지체하지 않고 바로.

    • The meeting will start right away, so everyone please take your seats.

    • Seung-gyu found a patient collapsed on the street and immediately took him to the hospital.

  2. 2

    soon; shortly

    Before long.

    Korean definition: 시간이 많이 흐르지 않고 머지않아.

    • Shortly, the principal will give a speech.

    • Shortly after I arrived, my friends also got to the lodging.

  3. 3

    in other words; namely

    That is to say; put differently.

    Korean definition: 바꾸어 말하면.

    • Citizens' interest, namely taking part in voting, alone can solve many social problems.

    • Refusing his request is the same as saying we'll never see his face again for the rest of our lives.

  4. 4

    none other than

    Nothing less than.

    Korean definition: 바로 다름 아닌.

    • Staying silent in the face of injustice is itself a sin.

    • The word of him, a dictator who wielded absolute power, was the law itself.