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instant

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1. instant - Noun

2. instant - Adjective

3. instant - Adverb

5. instant - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest.

Closely pressing or impending in respect to time; not deferred; immediate; without delay.

Present; current.

Instantly.

A point in duration; a moment; a portion of time too short to be estimated; also, any particular moment.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash Source: Internet

clamant needs Source: Internet

a crying need Source: Internet

regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous Source: Internet

insistent hunger Source: Internet

an instant need Source: Internet

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