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Old 30th Mar 2009, 13:53
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SASless
 
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How can you stretch "Immediately" to "30 minutes perhaps"?


im⋅me⋅di⋅ate⋅ly
   /ɪˈmidiɪtli/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [i-mee-dee-it-lee]

–adverb

1. without lapse of time; without delay; instantly; at once: Please telephone him immediately.
2. with no object or space intervening.
3. closely: immediately in the vicinity.
4. without intervening medium or agent; concerning or affecting directly.
–conjunction
5. Chiefly British. the moment that; as soon as.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME; see immediate, -ly

Synonyms:
1. instantaneously, forthwith. Immediately, instantly, directly, presently were once close synonyms, all denoting complete absence of delay or any lapse of time. Immediately and instantly still almost always have that sense and usually mean at once: He got up immediately. She responded instantly to the request. Directly is usually equivalent to soon, in a little while rather than at once: You go ahead, we'll join you directly. Presently changes sense according to the tense of the verb with which it is used. With a present tense verb it usually means now, at the present time: The author presently lives in San Francisco. She is presently working on a new novel. In some contexts, especially those involving a contrast between the present and the near future, presently can mean soon or in a little while: She is at the office now but will be home presently.

Antonyms:
1. later.

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