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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: imco - immediate</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="imco"> IMCO (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization (of the United Nations that promotes cooperation in shipping). </DL> <A NAME="imf"> IMF (no periods) or I.M.F.,<DL COMPACT><DD> International Monetary Fund. </DL> <A NAME="imid"> imid, noun. =imide.</DL> <A NAME="imidazol"> imidazol, noun. =imidazole.</DL> <A NAME="imidazole"> imidazole, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Chemistry.) an organic crystalline base; glyoxaline. </DL> <A NAME="imide"> imide, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Chemistry.) a compound containing the bivalent radical -NH in combination with a bivalent acid radical. </DL> <A NAME="imido"> imido adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with an imide or imides. </DL> <A NAME="imidogen"> imidogen, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Chemistry.) a bivalent radical occurring in imides. </DL> <A NAME="imine"> imine, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Chemistry.) a compound containing the -NH radical in combination with a bivalent nonacid radical. </DL> <A NAME="imino"> imino, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with an imine or imines. </DL> <A NAME="imint"> IMINT, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> intelligence obtained through aerial photography. Ex. The most solid evidence the U.S. has about events in Central America comes from IMINT (Time). </DL> <A NAME="imipramine"> imipramine, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a stimulant drug used in the treatment of severe depression. </DL> <A NAME="imit"> imit.,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. imitation. <DD> 2. imitative. </DL> <A NAME="imitability"> imitability, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the character of being imitable. </DL> <A NAME="imitable"> imitable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be imitated. Ex. simple and imitable virtues, which are within every man's reach (Washington Irving). </DL> <A NAME="imitate"> imitate, transitive verb, -tated, -tating.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to try to be or act like; follow the example of. Ex. The little boy imitates his father. <DD> 2. to make or do something like; copy. Ex. A parrot imitates the sounds it hears (SYN) reproduce. <DD> 3. to act like; make fun of by acting like. Ex. He amused the class by imitating a baby, an old man, and a bear. (SYN) mimic, ape. <DD> 4. to be like; become like; look like; resemble. Ex. Wood is sometimes painted to imitate stone. (SYN) simulate. </DL> <A NAME="imitation"> imitation, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. the action or practice of imitating. Ex. We learn many things by imitation. <DD> 2. a thing that imitates something else; likeness; copy; counterfeit. Ex. Give as good an imitation as you can of a rooster crowing. <DD> 3. (Music.) the repetition of a melodic phrase or theme at a different pitch or key from the original, or in a different voice part, or with modifications of rhythm or intervals that do not destroy the resemblance. <DD> 4. (Biology.) =mimicry. <DD> 5. (Psychology.) the performance of an act as a result of observing a similar act performed by another. <DD> 6. (Sociology.) the act of copying the behavior of other people, as in the process of acculturation. <DD>adj. made to look like something better; not real or genuine. Ex. You can buy imitation pearls in many jewelry stores. expr. in imitation of, in order to be like or look like; imitating. Ex. Carved timber work, painted in imitation of old oak (John Rutter). </DL> <A NAME="imitative"> imitative, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. fond of imitating; likely or inclined to imitate others. Ex. Monkeys are imitative. <DD> 2. showing imitation; imitating. Ex. "Bang" and "whiz" are imitative words. <DD> 3. not real; counterfeit. (SYN) simulative, fictitious. <DD> 4. (Biology.) closely resembling. Ex. imitative coloration in animals. adv. imitatively. noun imitativeness. </DL> <A NAME="imitator"> imitator, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or animal that imitates. Ex. ... and includes Aaron Copland, Walter Piston, Roy Harris, and their numerous imitators and pupils (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="immaculacy"> immaculacy, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the state of being immaculate. </DL> <A NAME="immaculate"> immaculate, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. without a spot or stain; absolutely clean. Ex. The newly washed shirts were immaculate. His gym shoes were immaculate in spite of the rain (Graham Greene). (SYN) spotless, undefiled. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) free from fault or errors. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) without sin; pure. Ex. She was a woman ... of ... immaculate and inaccessible virtue (Washington Irving). <DD> 4. (Biology.) without colored marks or spots; unspotted. adv. immaculately. noun immaculateness. </DL> <A NAME="immaculateconception"> Immaculate Conception,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church that the Virgin Mary was conceived free of original sin. <DD> 2. a feast observed on December 8 commemorating this. </DL> <A NAME="immalleable"> immalleable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not malleable. </DL> <A NAME="immane"> immane, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) <DD> 1. monstrous; huge; enormous. <DD> 2. inhumanly cruel or savage. </DL> <A NAME="immanence"> immanence, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the state of being immanent. <DD> 2. (Theology.) the pervading presence of God in His creation. </DL> <A NAME="immanency"> immanency, noun. =immanence.</DL> <A NAME="immanent"> immanent, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. remaining within; inherent. Ex. By the same process of fusion philosophers assume that one thing exists in another, in which case the former is said to be immanent in the latter (Michael Polanyi). <DD> 2. in the mind; subjective. adv. immanently. </DL> <A NAME="immanentism"> immanentism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Theology.) belief in the immanence of God. </DL> <A NAME="immanentist"> immanentist, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Theology.) having to do with or characterized by immanentism. </DL> <A NAME="immanuel"> Immanuel, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> Christ (in the Bible, Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:23). Also, Emmanuel. </DL> <A NAME="immaterial"> immaterial, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not important; insignificant. Ex. The error is immaterial. (SYN) unimportant, unessential. <DD> 2. not material; spiritual rather than physical. adv. immaterially. noun immaterialness. </DL> <A NAME="immaterialism"> immaterialism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the doctrine that all things exist only in the mind. <DD> 2. =immateriality. noun immaterialist. </DL> <A NAME="immateriality"> immateriality, noun, pl. -ties.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. condition of being immaterial. Ex. All the conclusions of reason enforce the immateriality of mind (Samuel Johnson). <DD> 2. something immaterial. <DD> 3. =unimportance. </DL> <A NAME="immaterialize"> immaterialize, transitive verb, -ized, -izing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to make immaterial. </DL> <A NAME="immature"> immature, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. not mature; not ripe; not full-grown; undeveloped. Immature apples are usually green. <DD> 2. (Physical Geography.) reduced to only a slight extent by erosion, etc. <DD> 3. (Archaic.) premature. <DD>noun an immature person or animal. Ex. The number of immatures seems lower than it ought to be to maintain the species (Atlantic). adv. immaturely. noun immatureness. </DL> <A NAME="immaturity"> immaturity, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> immature condition or quality. </DL> <A NAME="immeasurable"> immeasurable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that cannot be measured; without limits; boundless. Ex. immeasurable faith. (SYN) infinite, illimitable. noun immeasurableness. </DL> <A NAME="immeasurably"> immeasurably, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> beyond measure; to an extent or degree too great to be measured. </DL> <A NAME="immediacy"> immediacy, noun, pl. -cies.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the quality or condition of being immediate. Ex. The record companies settled on immediacy as a promotional gambit (Newsweek). <DD> 2. (Philosophy.) the condition of being directly present to the consciousness as distinguished from what is known by inference. expr. immediacies, immediate needs. Ex. The old things and the foul things, customs, delusions, habits ... base immediacies, triumph over us (H. G. Wells). </DL> <A NAME="immediate"> immediate, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. coming at once; done without delay. Ex. Please send an immediate reply. <DD> 2. with nothing between. Ex. in immediate contact. <DD> 3. direct. Ex. the immediate result. <DD> 4. closest; nearest; next. Ex. Your immediate neighbors live next door. <DD> 5. close; near. Ex. the immediate neighborhood. I expect an answer today, tomorrow, or in the immediate future. <DD> 6. having to do with the present; current. Ex. What are your immediate plans? <DD> 7. (Philosophy.) (of knowledge) self-evident; intuitive, as distinguished from knowledge arrived at by means of demonstration or proof. noun immediateness. </DL> <A NAME="immediateconstituent"> immediate constituent,<DL COMPACT><DD> any of the two or three largest structural components of a sentence, phrase, or word. (Example:) the immediate constituents of ungentlemanly are un- and gentlemanly (not ungentle and manly, nor ungentleman and -ly). (Abbr:) IC (no periods). </DL> <A NAME="immediately"> immediately, adverb, conjunction.<DL COMPACT><DD>adv. 1. at once; without delay; instantly. Ex. I answered his letter immediately. <DD> 2. with nothing between. Ex. The houses in the crowded neighborhood are immediately upon each other. <DD> 3. next. <DD> 4. directly. Ex. Immediately in the route of the travellers lay a high mountain (Washington Irving). <DD>conj. as soon as. </DL> <A HREF="immedica.dic">NEXT</A>