Definition of Instant
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(a.) Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest.
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(a.) Closely pressing or impending in respect to time; not deferred; immediate; without delay.
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(a.) Present; current.
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(adv.) Instantly.
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(a.) A point in duration; a moment; a portion of time too short to be estimated; also, any particular moment.
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(a.) 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.
Antonyms of Instant
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Homophones of Instant
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