instant
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
A very short period of time; a moment.
She paused for only an instant, which was just enough time for John to change the subject.
Đồng nghĩa: eyeblink, flash, jiffy, bat of an eye, bit, blink of an eye, crack, eyeblink, flash, glimpse, half a mo, instant, jiff, jiffy, jot, minute, mo, moment, New York minute, New York second, no time, sec, second, span, split-second, spurt, stound, tick, trice, twink, twinkle, twinkling, while
- 2.
A single, usually precise, point in time.
The instant the alarm went off, he fled the building.
Đồng nghĩa: minute, moment
- 3.
A beverage or food which has been pre-processed to reduce preparation time, especially instant coffee.
- 4.
(abbreviation, alt of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of instant camera.
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(dated, not comparable)Impending; imminent.
Đồng nghĩa: pending, proximate, around the corner, at hand, forthcoming, imminent, impendent, impending, in the offing, in the wind, instant, on the boil, pending, upcoming, proximate, to come, toward
- 2.
(dated, not comparable)Urgent; pressing; acute.
- 3.
(dated, not comparable)Insistent; persistent.
January 2, 1827, Thomas Carlyle, letter to Mrs. Carlyle, Scotsbrig I am beginning to be very instant for some sort of occupation.
Đồng nghĩa: exigent, imperious, acute, bad, clamant, crying, dire, sore, exigent, imperious, instant, rash, severe, pressing, pressive, urgent
- 4.
(not comparable)(law) Present; current; extant.
He received just two disciplinary reports prior to committing the instant offense, one in March 2019 for activating an alarm during a non-emergency situation, and one in May 2019 for failing to provide a urine specimen.
- 5.
(not comparable)Occurring immediately; immediate; present.
Đồng nghĩa: instantaneous, flash, immediate, instant, split-second, insta-, instantaneous, present
- 6.
(not comparable)Lasting for a short moment; momentary; short-lived.
Đồng nghĩa: brief, transient, earthly, ephemeral, brief, deciduous, evanescent, fleeting, flying, fugacious, fugitive, instant, momentary, passing, perishable, quick, seasonable, short, short-lived, temporary, transient, transitive, transitory, volatile, whilend, worldly
- 7.
(not comparable)Very quickly and easily prepared.
instant coffee; instant noodles; instant mashed potato; instant photo
- 8.
(dated, not comparable)Of the current month.
I refer to your letter of the 16th instant in regard to traffic disruption.
Trạng từ
adverb- 1.
(not comparable, poetic)At once; immediately.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(obsolete, transitive)To urge, press (someone); to insist on, demand (something).
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