Definitions for instants

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instants in·stant

Spelling: [in-stuh nt]

IPA: /ˈɪn stənt/

Instants is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 141 anagrams from letters in instants (ainnsstt).

Definitions for instants

noun

1. an infinitesimal or very short space of time; a moment:
2. the point of time now present or present with reference to some action or event.
3. a particular moment:
4. a food or beverage, especially coffee, specially processed for quick preparation.
5. Older Use. the present or current month.

adverb

1. instantly.

adjective

1. succeeding without any interval of time; prompt; immediate:
2. pressing or urgent:
3. noting a food or beverage requiring a minimal amount of time and effort to prepare, as by heating or the addition of milk or water, before being served or used:
4. occurring, done, or prepared with a minimal amount of time and effort; produced rapidly and with little preparation:
5. designed to act or produce results quickly or immediately:
6. Older Use. of the present month: Abbreviation: inst. Compare proximo, ultimo.
7. present; current:

Origin of instants

1350-1400; 1910-15; for def 8; Middle English Latin instant- (stem of instāns) present participle of instāre to be present, urgent, equivalent to in- in-² +

Examples for instants

He had his revolver on the fellow in the instant, and yet he held his fire.

Add to that the DISH Anywhere app, and you have instant access to the program guide and the ability to record shows on the go.

The instant you are deemed a candidate for arrest, you become not so much a person as a “perp.”

One green-eyed man, nicknamed “Cai the Roman,” became an instant celebrity due to his decidedly Roman physical characteristics.

One swift glance had shown him there was no way of instant retreat.

She was lost, for the instant, in a maze of disagreeable reflection.

This powder can be shipped anywhere and then reconstituted—just add water, as if it were instant coffee.

And accordingly, when he wakened in the middle of the night, he was alert on the instant.

The problem starts in that instant of electric mistrust when the cop reaches for his gun, or employs a homicidal chokehold.

The venerable Persian gazed at her for an instant, and then clasped her to his bosom.