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Meaning of instant

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  instant
      adj 1: occurring with no delay; "relief was instantaneous";
             "instant gratification" [syn: {instantaneous},
             {instant(a)}]
      2: in or of the present month; "your letter of the 10th inst"
         [syn: {instant}, {inst}]
      3: demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need";
         "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"-
         H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need" [syn:
         {clamant}, {crying}, {exigent}, {insistent}, {instant}]
      n 1: a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or
           the heart to beat); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a
           flash" [syn: {blink of an eye}, {flash}, {heartbeat},
           {instant}, {jiffy}, {split second}, {trice}, {twinkling},
           {wink}, {New York minute}]
      2: a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party
         began" [syn: {moment}, {minute}, {second}, {instant}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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