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Instant

Instant Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Instant? [n] a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party began" [n] a very short time (as the time it takes to blink once); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash" [adj] demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need" [adj] in or of the present month; "your letter of the 10th inst" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Instant: blink of an eye \| clamant \| crying \| exigent \| flash \| imperative \| insistent \| inst \| jiffy \| minute \| moment \| New York minute \| present(a) \| second \| split second \| trice \| twinkling \| wink Related Terms \| Find terms related to Instant: a breath \| about to be \| actual \| acute \| alert \| already in sight \| approaching \| apt \| as is \| at hand \| being \| bit \| breath \| breathing \| brewing \| burning \| clamant \| clamorous \| close \| close at hand \| coming \| compelling \| contemporaneous \| contemporary \| coup \| crack \| critical \| crucial \| crying \| current \| cursory \| day \| decisive \| demanding \| dire \| direct \| draining \| earnest \| exacting \| exigent \| existent \| existing \| exorbitant \| expeditious \| extant \| extortionate \| fateful moment \| festinate \| feverish \| flash \| flying \| forthcoming \| fresh \| furious \| future \| gathering \| going to happen \| grasping \| hair-trigger \| half a jiffy \| half a mo \| half a second \| half a shake \| hasty \| high-pressure \| high-priority \| hour \| hurried \| immanent \| immediate \| imminent \| impendent \| impending \| imperative \| imperious \| importunate \| in danger imminent \| in prospect \| in reserve \| in store \| in the cards \| in the offing \| in the wind \| in view \| insistent \| instantaneous \| interval \| jiff \| jiffy \| juncture \| kairos \| last-minute \| latest \| lightning-like \| little \| little bit \| little while \| looming \| loud \| lowering \| lurking \| menacing \| microsecond \| millisecond \| minute \| modern \| moment \| moment of truth \| momentaneous \| momentary \| near \| near at hand \| nearing \| new \| no time \| on the horizon \| on the spot \| overhanging \| overnight \| pair of winks \| passing \| period \| persistent \| pertinacious \| pivotal \| point \| pregnant moment \| prepared \| preparing \| present \| present-age \| present-day \| present-time \| pressing \| presto \| prompt \| psychological moment \| punctual \| quick \| quick as lightning \| quick as thought \| ready \| ready-made \| ready-mixed \| running \| season \| sec \| second \| shake \| short spell \| short time \| slap-bang \| slapdash \| small space \| snap \| space \| span \| speedy \| spell \| split second \| spurt \| stage \| stretch \| stroke \| summary \| superficial \| swift \| taxing \| that be \| that is \| that will be \| threatening \| tick \| time \| time lag \| to come \| topical \| trice \| twink \| twinkle \| twinkling \| twitch \| two shakes \| upcoming \| up-to-date \| up-to-the-minute \| urgent \| waiting \| while \| wink See Also \| bit \| climax \| culmination \| moment of truth \| pinpoint \| point \| point in time \| psychological moment \| time Instant In Webster's Dictionary \In"stant\, a. [L. instans, -antis, p. pr. of instare to stand upon, to press upon; pref. in- in, on + stare to stand: cf. F. in?tant. See {Stand}.] 1. Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest. Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer. --Rom. xii. 12. I am beginning to be very instant for some sort of occupation. --Carlyle. 2. Closely pressing or impending in respect to time; not deferred; immediate; without delay. Impending death is thine, and instant doom. --Prior. 3. Present; current. The instant time is always the fittest time. --Fuller. Note: The word in this sense is now used only in dates, to indicate the current month; as, the tenth of July instant. \In"stant\, adv. Instantly. [Poetic] Instant he flew with hospitable haste. --Pope. \In"stant\, n. [F. instant, fr. L. instans standing by, being near, present. See {Instant}, a.] 1. A point in duration; a moment; a portion of time too short to be estimated; also, any particular moment. There is scarce an instant between their flourishing and their not being. --Hooker. 2. A day of the present or current month; as, the sixth instant; -- an elliptical expression equivalent to the sixth of the month instant, i. e., the current month. See {Instant}, a., 3. Syn: Moment; flash; second.

Instant Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Instant?

[n] a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party began"
[n] a very short time (as the time it takes to blink once); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash"
[adj] demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need"
[adj] in or of the present month; "your letter of the 10th inst"

Instant In Webster's Dictionary

\In"stant\, a. [L. instans, -antis, p. pr. of instare to
stand upon, to press upon; pref. in- in, on + stare to stand:
cf. F. in?tant. See {Stand}.]
1. Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest.

         Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation;
         continuing instant in prayer.         --Rom. xii.
                                               12.

         I am beginning to be very instant for some sort of
         occupation.                           --Carlyle.

2. Closely pressing or impending in respect to time; not
   deferred; immediate; without delay.

         Impending death is thine, and instant doom. --Prior.

3. Present; current.

         The instant time is always the fittest time.
                                               --Fuller.

Note: The word in this sense is now used only in dates, to
      indicate the current month; as, the tenth of July
      instant.


\In"stant\, adv.
Instantly. [Poetic]

      Instant he flew with hospitable haste.   --Pope.


\In"stant\, n. [F. instant, fr. L. instans standing by,
being near, present. See {Instant}, a.]
1. A point in duration; a moment; a portion of time too short
   to be estimated; also, any particular moment.

         There is scarce an instant between their flourishing
         and their not being.                  --Hooker.

2. A day of the present or current month; as, the sixth
   instant; -- an elliptical expression equivalent to the
   sixth of the month instant, i. e., the current month. See
   {Instant}, a., 3.

Syn: Moment; flash; second.

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