What does instant mean?
Definitions for instant
ˈɪn stəntin·stant
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word instant.
Princeton's WordNet
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"
moment, minute, second, instant(adj)
a particular point in time
"the moment he arrived the party began"
instantaneous, instant(a)(adj)
occurring with no delay
"relief was instantaneous"; "instant gratification"
instant, inst(adj)
in or of the present month
"your letter of the 10th inst"
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
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
Instant(adj)
pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest
Instant(adj)
closely pressing or impending in respect to time; not deferred; immediate; without delay
Instant(adj)
present; current
Instant(adverb)
instantly
Instant(adj)
a point in duration; a moment; a portion of time too short to be estimated; also, any particular moment
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
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
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'instant' in Adjectives Frequency: #925
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of instant in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of instant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of instant in a Sentence
We were instant friends.
Laughter is an instant vacation
Instant gratification takes too long.
Instant gratification is not soon enough.
It matters that we have an instant rebuttal.
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- لَحْظةArabic
- okamžik, moment, instantníCzech
- øjeblikDanish
- bevorstehend, hujus, instant, Augenblick, vorübergehend, augenblicklich, Moment, dringend, dieses Monats, fertig-, momentanGerman
- στιγμήGreek
- momentoEsperanto
- instante, momentoSpanish
- [[tämän]] [[kuun]], pikaruoka, pika-, pikakahvi, kiireellinen, välitön, hetki, hetkellinenFinnish
- instant, instantanéFrench
- mòmaid, grad, priobadhScottish Gaelic
- רגעHebrew
- pillanatHungarian
- attimo, istante, immediatoItalian
- 急ぎの, 切迫した, 瞬間, 瞬時の, その場で決めた, インスタントの, 火急の, インスタント, 差し迫った, 即席の, 即席, 今月, 緊急のJapanese
- moment, onmiddelijk, ogenblikkelijk, dringend, kant-en-klaar, poosje, kortstondig, ogenblikDutch
- instantânea, instante, instantâneoPortuguese
- instantRomanian
- мгнове́ние, безотлага́тельный, настоя́тельный, моме́нт, неме́дленный, теку́щий, раствори́мый, сро́чный, предстоя́щийRussian
- omedelbar, ögonblick, ögonblickligSwedish
- sasaSwahili
- உடனடிTamil
- an, hazırTurkish
- فوریUrdu
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