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Definitions for Instant

[1] an infinitesimal or very short space of time; a moment: They arrived not an instant too soon.
[2] the point of time now present or present with reference to some action or event.
[3] a particular moment: at the instant of contact.
[4] a food or beverage, especially coffee, specially processed for quick preparation.
[5] Older Use . the present or current month.
[6] succeeding without any interval of time; prompt; immediate: instant relief from a headache.
[7] pressing or urgent: instant need.
[8] noting a food or beverage requiring a minimal amount of time and effort to prepare, as by heating or the addition of milk or water, before being served or used: instant coffee; instant pudding.
[9] occurring, done, or prepared with a minimal amount of time and effort; produced rapidly and with little preparation: an instant book; instant answers; instant history.
[10] designed to act or produce results quickly or immediately: an instant lottery.
[11] Older Use . of the present month: your letter of the 12th instant. Abbreviation : inst. Compare proximo, ultimo.
[12] present; current: the instant case before the court.
[13] instantly.
[14] a very brief time; moment
[15] a particular moment or point in time at the same instant
[16] on the instant immediately; without delay
[17] immediate; instantaneous
[18] (esp of foods) prepared or designed for preparation with very little time and effort instant coffee
[19] urgent or imperative
[20] (postpositive) (when abbreviated in formal correspondence) of the present month a letter of the 7th instant Abbreviation: inst Compare proximo, ultimo currently under consideration
[21] a poetic word for instantly

Words related to Instant

prompt, burning, contemporary, fast, current, pressing, imperative, crying, quick, present, point, breath, juncture, wink, shake, crack, flash, while, twinkling, jiffy

Words nearby Instant

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Origin of Instant

1350–1400; 1910–15; for def 8 ; Middle English < Latin instant- (stem of instāns ) present participle of instāre to be present, urgent, equivalent to in- in-2 + -stā- stand + -nt- present participle suffix

Word origin for Instant

C15: from Latin instāns, from instāre to be present, press closely, from in- ² + stāre to stand

Synonyms for Instant

burning, contemporary, crying, current, fast, imperative, present, pressing, prompt, quick, clamant, dire, direct, exigent, existent, extant, importunate, insistent, instantaneous, on-the-spot, present-day, split-second