meaning of instant
1. Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest.
2. Closely pressing or impending in respect to time; not deferred; immediate; without delay.
3. Present; current.
4. Instantly.
5. A point in duration; a moment; a portion of time too short to be estimated; also, any particular moment.
6. 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.
7. a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party
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Related Words
instant | instantaneity | instantaneous | instantaneous sound pressure | instantaneously | instantaneousness | instanter | instantiate | instantiation | instantly |
