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adj. having no intervening medium; "an immediate influence"

adj. immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect; "the immediate result"; "the immediate cause of the trouble"

contiguous

adj. very close or connected in space or time; "contiguous events"; "immediate contact"; "the immediate vicinity"; "the immediate past"

current

adj. of the present time and place; "the immediate revisions"

neighbor, neighbour, neighboring, neighbouring

adj. situated near one another; "neighbor states"

adjacent, contiguous, conterminous, coterminous, abutting, adjoining, bordering

adj. having a common boundary or edge; touching; "abutting lots"; "adjoining rooms"; "Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"; "the side of Germany conterminous with France"; "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"; "neighboring cities"

nearby

adj. close at hand; "the nearby towns"; "concentrated his study on the nearby planet Venus"

late

adj. being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time; "late evening"; "late 18th century"; "a late movie"; "took a late flight"; "had a late breakfast"

last, latest, up to date, newest

adj. "wears only the latest styles"; "the last thing in swimwear"; "everything's up to date in Kansas City"

up-to-the-minute, latest

adj. up to the immediate present; most recent or most up-to-date; "the news is up-to-the-minute"; "the very latest scientific discoveries"

primary

adj. of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondhand; "primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest"

forthcoming, imminent, impendent, impending

adj. close in time; about to occur; "retribution is at hand"; "some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand"; "in imminent danger"; "his impending retirement"

next, adjacent, juxtaposed, cheek by jowl, side by side

adj. nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space; "had adjacent rooms"; "in the next room"; "the person sitting next to me"; "our rooms were side by side"

enveloping, ambient, encompassing, surrounding

adj. closely enveloping or surrounding on all sides

appressed, adpressed

adj. pressed close to or lying flat against something; "adpressed hairs along the plant's stem"; "igneous rocks...closely appressed by this force"-L.V.Pirsson

approximate, close together

adj. located close together; "with heads close together"; "approximate leaves grow together but are not united"

at hand, imminent

adj. close in time; about to occur; "retribution is at hand"; "some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand"; "in imminent danger"; "his impending retirement"

at hand, close-by, close by, close at hand

adj. close in space; within reach; "the town is close at hand"

close-hauled

adj. having the sails trimmed for sailing as close to the wind as possible

close-set

adj. set close together: "close-set eyes"; "close-set teeth"

closer

adj. comparative of "close"; indicating that one of two that is the shorter distance away

closest

adj. superlative of "close"; indicating that one of several that is the shortest distance away

hand-to-hand, at close quarters

adj. being at close quarters; "hand-to-hand fighting"

near, proximate

adj. very close in space or time; "proximate words"; "proximate houses"

walk-to

adj. close enough to be walked to; "walking distance"; "the factory with the big parking lot...is more convenient than the walk-to factory"

existing

adj. presently existing; "the existing system"

instant, inst

adj. in or of the present month; "your letter of the 10th inst"

latter-day

adj. belonging to the present or recent times; "the latter-day problems of our society"

mediate

adj. acting through or dependent on an intervening agency; "the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact"

distant

adj. separated in space or coming from or going to a distance; "distant villages"; "the sound of distant traffic"; "a distant sound"; "a distant telephone call"

past

adj. earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year"

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