instant
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9.9
- adjective
- /ˈɪnstənt/
- Archaic
:
del corriente
- The meeting scheduled for the 10th instant will cover our progress.
- instant coffee
- instant yeast
- instant noodles
Examples
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In this letter, please note that I am writing on the 15th instant.
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She always remembered her friend's birthday on the 22nd instant each year.
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Come down this instant, young... man.
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"I sent the sergeant for a messenger to go to your Duke that instant."
Fiction book (1999) -
Papa va venir dans un instant.
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- Un instant, s'il te plaît, Monsieur Bronstein.
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Your petitioner further shows that the said overseers, Ramirez, Panche, and Peralte are or were on the second of February instant in the employment of the city in the capacity of overseers having charge of the slaves of the city jail when turned out to work for the use of the said city.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
A short form in letters that shows a date in this month
Idioms
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Instant comes from the Latin instans, meaning 'present' or 'at hand', like English 'stand'. In old letters people used it after a date to mean 'of this month', so '7th instant' simply meant the '7th of this month', a use that is now rare.