A lot more people have spanish or mandarin as their first language then english. So in terms of native language, enlish is not the most common one. Maybe it's the most common language taught in schools and so on.
Definition of immediate. 1  1a : acting or being without the intervention of another object, cause, or agency : direct the immediate cause of deathb : present to the mind independently of other states or factors immediate awarenessc : involving or derived from a single premise an immediate inference.
of, relating to, or occurring at the beginning; first: the initial step in a process. 2. Phonetics. occurring at the beginning of a word or syllable, as the (k) sound of kite, chasm, or quay. noun. 3. an initial letter, as of a word. 4. the first letter of a proper name. 5. a letter of extra size or an ornamental character used at the beginning of a chapter or other division of a book, manuscript, or the like.