Definitions for instant
ˈɪn stəntin·stant

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, New York minute(noun)

   a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)

   "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash"

2. moment, minute, second, instant(adj)

   a particular point in time

   "the moment he arrived the party began"

3. instantaneous, instant(a)(adj)

   occurring with no delay

   "relief was instantaneous"; "instant gratification"

4. instant, inst(adj)

   in or of the present month

   "your letter of the 10th inst"

5. clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant(adj)

   demanding attention

   "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need"

GCIDE(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Instant(n.)

   A point in time; a moment; a portion of time too short to be estimated; also, any particular moment; as, the situation may change in an instant.

Origin: [F. instant, fr. L. instans standing by, being near, present. See Instant, a.]

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Instant(adj)

   pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest

2. Instant(adj)

   closely pressing or impending in respect to time; not deferred; immediate; without delay

3. Instant(adj)

   present; current

4. Instant(adverb)

   instantly

5. Instant(adj)

   a point in duration; a moment; a portion of time too short to be estimated; also, any particular moment

6. Instant(adj)

   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

Origin: [L. instans, -antis, p. pr. of instare to stand upon, to press upon; pref. in- in, on + stare to stand: cf. F. instant. See Stand.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Instant

   in′stant, adj. pressing, urgent: immediate: quick: without delay: present, current, as the passing month.—n. the present moment of time: any moment or point of time.—n. Instantanē′ity.—adj. Instantān′eous, done in an instant: momentary: occurring or acting at once: very quickly.—adv. Instantān′eously.—n. Instantān′eousness.—advs. Instan′ter, immediately; In′stantly, on the instant or moment: immediately: (Shak.) at the same time: (B.) importunately, zealously. [L. instans, -antis, pr.p. of instāre—in, upon, stāre, to stand.]

British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'instant' in Adjectives Frequency: #925

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of instant in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of instant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of instant in a Sentence

1. Emily Farmer:

   We were instant friends.

2. Milton Berle:

   Laughter is an instant vacation

3. Carrie Fisher:

   Instant gratification takes too long.

4. Meryl Streep:

   Instant gratification is not soon enough.

5. Ted Williams:

   Pour water on a sportswriter -- instant horseshit.

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