instant
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2.0
- adjective
- /ˈɪnstənt/
- With instant messaging, we can communicate with anyone at any time without delay.
- instant messaging
- instant access
- instant feedback
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- Then you can see that there's instant color on my face.
- But the IBMXDXDA became a, an instant, instant overnight success.
- Did you have that experience of instant love?
- It offers you an instant relief of boredom.
- And and there's a lot of some people want instant gratification nowadays.
- If I do the Lightning Network, it'll be instant, instantaneous, instant.
- I will become an instant gazillionaire overnight.
- We always want to have this instant gratification, right?
- And your response to their feedback is instant anger, instant discouragement.
Examples
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Social media afford us the ability to form instant connections with other people globally.
Academic text (2012) -
The show became an instant hit, and we toured for 26 years.
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Okay, so, instant coffee... ...is in the break room.
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For the first time in American history, citizens had instant access to news about a declared war.
Academic text (1994) -
And the telegram was one of the first forms of instant long distance communication.
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If you believe it, you get instant credibility with the jury.
Academic text (2011) -
The atmosphere of the studio gave Jazz an instant sense of security and serenity.
Fiction book (1990) -
Participants using tablets, laptops, or cell phones had instant Internet access while reading.
Academic text (2012) -
It offers you an instant relief of boredom.
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At seven-thirty, she awakened with an instant sense of fear, then remembered the reason for it.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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1.0
Happening or done without any delay
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1.3
Happening at once without any delay
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1.8
Moving or happening very quickly with little delay
33
5.1
Happening right away without any delay
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Etymology
Instant comes from the Latin instans, from in- 'in' and stare 'to stand', like English 'stand'. It once meant 'standing near' or 'at hand', so instant now means 'happening immediately' or 'needing no delay'.