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Definition of Instant
Instant

Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest.

Closely pressing or impending in respect to time; not deferred; immediate; without delay.

Present; current.

Instantly.

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.

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Instant Quotations

There are no instant solutions.
James Callaghan

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?
Henry David Thoreau

I went to college and I never allowed myself to think for an instant that I would have this chance to do this.
Mary C. Carpenter

Grief is the agony of an instant. The indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
Benjamin Disraeli

Each instant of life is a step toward death.
Pierre Corneille

Instant Translations

instant in Afrikaans is rukkie, oomblik
instant in Dutch is moment, oogwenk, ogenblik, tel
instant in Finnish is hetki
instant in French is moment
instant in German is sofort, tafelfertig {m}, Augenblick {m}, Moment
instant in Italian is momento
instant in Portuguese is imediato
instant in Spanish is momentito, instante, momento


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