Canadian English Meaning of instant
instant
Other Canadian English words related to instant
Nearest Words of instant
- instant coffee => Instant coffee
- instant replay => instant replay
- instantaneity => instantaneity
- instantaneous => instantaneous
- instantaneous sound pressure => Instantaneous sound pressure
- instantaneously => instantly
- instantaneousness => instantaneousness
- instanter => instantly
- instantiate => instantiate
- instantiation => Instantiation
Definitions and Meaning of instant in English
instant (n)
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
a particular point in time
instant (s)
occurring with no delay
in or of the present month
demanding attention
instant (a.)
Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest.
Closely pressing or impending in respect to time; not deferred; immediate; without delay.
Present; current.
A point in duration; a moment; a portion of time too short to be estimated; also, any particular moment.
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.
instant (adv.)
Instantly.
FAQs About the word instant
instant
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat), a particular point in time, occurring with no delay, in or of the present month,
immediate,instantaneous,fast,split-second,fast,prompt,quick,fast,right away,summary
prolonged,protracted,slow,Sluggish,deferred,delayed,slow to act,late
instancy => instant, instancing => instancing, instanced => instanced, instance => instance, instamp => Instamp,