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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
instant
adj 1: occurring with no delay; "relief was instantaneous";
"instant gratification" [syn: instantaneous,
instant(a)]
2: in or of the present month; "your letter of the 10th inst"
[syn: instant, inst]
3: demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need";
"regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"-
H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need" [syn:
clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant]
n 1: 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" [syn: blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat,
instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling,
wink, New York minute]
2: a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party
began" [syn: moment, minute, second, instant]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Instant \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. instant. See Stand.]
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1. Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest.
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Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation;
continuing instant in prayer. --Rom. xii.
12.
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I am beginning to be very instant for some sort of
occupation. --Carlyle.
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2. Closely pressing or impending in respect to time; not
deferred; immediate; without delay.
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Impending death is thine, and instant doom. --Prior.
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3. Present; current.
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The instant time is always the fittest time.
--Fuller.
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Note: The word in this sense is now used only in dates, to
indicate the current month; as, the tenth of July
instant.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Instant \In"stant\, adv.
Instantly. [Poetic]
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Instant he flew with hospitable haste. --Pope.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Instant \In"stant\, n. [F. instant, fr. L. instans standing by,
being near, present. See Instant, a.]
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1. 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.
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There is scarce an instant between their flourishing
and their not being. --Hooker.
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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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Thesaurus Results for instant:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute, upcoming, urgent, waiting, while, wink |
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Common Misspellings > |
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