1 [usuallybeforenoun] happening immediately:
She took an instant dislike to me. * This account gives you instant access to your money. * The show was an instant success.
2 [onlybeforenoun] (of food) that can be made quickly and easily, usually by adding hot water:
instant coffee
noun [usuallysing.]
1 a very short period of time; a moment:
I'll be back in an instant. * Just for an instant I thought he was going to refuse.
2 a particular point in time:
At that (very) instant, the door opened. * I recognized her the instant (that) (= as soon as) I saw her. * Come here this instant (= immediately)!
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for instant is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is instant a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, instant is tagged as adjective.
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