Found 4 items, similar to Instant.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: instant
saat
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: instant
saat, segera, seketika, siap pakai
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: instant
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:
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 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,
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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Instant
Instant
\In"stant\, a. [L. instans, -antis, p. pr. of instare to
stand upon, to press upon; pref. in- in, on + stare to stand:
cf. F. instant. See
Stand.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest.
[1913 Webster]
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation;
continuing instant in prayer. --Rom. xii.
12.
[1913 Webster]
I am beginning to be very instant for some sort of
occupation. --Carlyle.
[1913 Webster]
2. Closely pressing or impending in respect to time; not
deferred; immediate; without delay.
[1913 Webster]
Impending death is thine, and instant doom. --Prior.
[1913 Webster]
3. Present; current.
[1913 Webster]
The instant time is always the fittest time.
--Fuller.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The word in this sense is now used only in dates, to
indicate the current month; as, the tenth of July
instant.
[1913 Webster]
Instant
\In"stant\, adv.
Instantly. [Poetic]
[1913 Webster]
Instant he flew with hospitable haste. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
Instant
\In"stant\, n. [F. instant, fr. L. instans standing by,
being near, present. See
Instant, a.]
[1913 Webster]
1. A point in time; a moment; a portion of time too short to
be estimated; also, any particular moment; as, teh
situation may change in an instant.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
There is scarce an instant between their flourishing
and their not being. --Hooker.
[1913 Webster]
2. 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.
Syn: Moment; flash; second.
[1913 Webster]