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Definition: Instant |
InstantAdjective1. Occurring with no delay; "relief was instantaneous"; "instant gratification". 2. In or of the present month; "your letter of the 10th inst". 3. Demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need". Noun1. A very short time (as the time it takes to blink once); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash". 2. A particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party began". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "instant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| inst. | English | Instant | Language |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: InstantSynonyms: clamant (adj), crying (adj), exigent (adj), insistent (adj), inst (adj), instant(a) (adj), instantaneous (adj), blink of an eye (n), flash (n), jiffy (n), minute (n), moment (n), second (n), split second (n), trice (n), twinkling (n), wink (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Activity | Quick, prompt, yare, instant, ready, alert, spry, sharp, smart; fast; (swift); quick as a lamplighter, expeditious; awake, broad awake; go-ahead, live wide-awake; (intelligent). |
Destiny | Adjective: impending; Verb: destined; about to be, happen; coming, in store, to come, going to happen, instant, at hand, near; near, close at hand; over hanging, hanging over one's head, imminent; brewing, preparing, forthcoming; int he wind, on the cards, in reserve; that will, is to be; in prospect; (expected); looming in the distance, horizon, future; unborn, in embryo; int he womb of time, futurity; pregnant; (producing). |
Earliness | Suddenly; (instantaneously); before one can say "Jack Robinson", at short notice, extempore; on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion; at once; on the spot, on the instant; at sight; offhand, out of hand; a' vue d'oeil; straight, straightway, straightforth; forthwith, incontinently, summarily, immediately, briefly, shortly, quickly, speedily, apace, before the ink is dry, almost immediately, presently at the first opportunity, in no long time, by and by, in a while, directly. |
Haste | Bestir oneself; (be active); lose no time, lose not a moment, lose not an instant; make short work of; make the best of one's time, make the best of one's way. |
Importance | Urgent, pressing, critical, instant. |
Instantaneity | Moment, instant, second, minute; twinkling, trice, flash, breath, crack, jiffy, coup, burst, flash of lightning, stroke of time. |
Adverb: instantaneously; Adjective: in no time, in less than no time; presto, subito, instanter, suddenly, at a stroke, like a shot; in a moment; n. in the blink of an eye, in the twinkling of an eye, in a trice; in one's tracks; right away; toute a l'heure; at one jump, in the same breath, per saltum, uno saltu; at once, all at once; plump, slap; "at one fell swoop"; at the same instant; Noun: immediately; (early); extempore, on the moment, on the spot, on the spur of the moment; no sooner said than done; just then; slap-dash; (haste). | |
Adjective: instantaneous, momentary, sudden, immediate, instant, abrupt, discontinuous, precipitous, precipitant, precipitate; subitaneous, hasty;quick as thought, quick as lightning, quick as a flash; rapid as electricity. | |
Painting | Photograph, color photograph, black-and-white photograph, holograph, heliograph; daguerreotype, talbotype, calotype, heliotype; negative, positive; print, glossy print, matte print; enlargement, reduction, life-size print; instant photo, Polaroid photo. |
Requirement | Urgent, exigent, pressing, instant, crying, absorbing. |
The Present Time | Adverb: at that time, at which time, at that moment, at that instant; then, on that occasion, upon; not now, some other time. |
Adjective: present, actual, instant, current, existing, extant, that is; present-day, up-to-date, up-to-the-moment. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Instant gratification takes too long (Postcards from the Edge; writing credit: Carrie Fisher) An instant of pain, perhaps (Espinazo del Diablo, El; writing credit: Guillermo del Toro; Antonio Trashorras) I call it instant minority (Joe's Apartment; writing credit: John Payson) I sentence you to sudden, instant, and even immediate death (Robin Hood; writing credit: Ken Anderson; Larry Clemmons) In cases of rapid fossilization, I can press this brain scan button retrieving Seymour's memories at the precise instant of doggy death (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert) | |
Lyrics | Instant Karma's gonna get you (Instant Karma; performing artist: John Lennon) Passion, Instant (More Than A Woman; performing artist: Aaliyah) I finished crying in the instant that you left (It's all coming back to me now; performing artist: Celine Dion) in an instant (My Sacrifice; performing artist: Creed) You're my castle, you're my cabin and my instant pleasure dome (You're My Home; performing artist: Joe) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Instant Nympho (1970) Quick Constant and Solid Instant (1969) Instant Orgy (1967) In an Instant (2001) | |
Song Titles | Instant Karma (performing artist: John Lennon) Impressive Instant (performing artist: Madonna) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Beaufoy's Instant Cure for the Toothache. / Orrin Smith sc. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | [Syrian poster showing a mother with a healthy, breastfed baby, and a malnourished, sickly looking baby sitting on a can of instant milk]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Wolcott's instant pain annihilator / Endicott & Co. lith. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Attendez un instant. ça chauffe! Les Foyers du soldat. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Attendez un instant. ça chauffe! Les Foyers du soldat. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "MeChWaRRiOr 1" by David Cussac Commentary: "I've try to do something with the instant light..." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Author | Quotation |
Benjamin Disraeli | Grief is the agony of an instant. The indulgence of grief the blunder of a life. |
Christian Nevell Bovee | False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade. |
Steven Wright | I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time. |
Thomas Calyle | In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves. |
Thomas Carlyle | All evil is like a nightmare; the instant you stir under it, the evil is gone. |
| Even in the meanest sorts of labor, the whole soul of a man is composed into a kind of real harmony the instant he sets himself to work. | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | Adam was created a perfect man, his body and mind in full possession of their strength and reason, and so was capable, from the first instant of his being to provide for his own support and preservation, and govern his actions according to the dictates of the law of reason which God had implanted in him. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | But they never cease, for a single instant, to instil into the working class the clearest possible recognition of the hostile antagonism between bourgeoisie and proletariat, in order that the German workers may straightaway use, as so many weapons against the bourgeoisie, the social and political conditions that the bourgeoisie must necessarily introduce along with its supremacy, and in order that, after the fall of the reactionary classes in Germany, the fight against the bourgeoisie itself may immediately begin. (reference) |
Brown v. Board of Education | 1954 | In the instant cases, that question is directly presented. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | But she had an almost instant doubt of his caring for her as he had done, of his feeling the same tenderness in the same degree |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | His Majesty looked round him severely, and gave a slight growl, which produced instant silence |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | Light flashed up in the room upon the instant, and the curtains of his bed were drawn |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | At the instant, I was only conscious that what would have been a pleasure once was now a hopeless toil |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | At the instant when the leader turned, the moon shone full in his face |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Yet at the end of that immense stretch of time not even one instant of eternity could be said to have ended |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The appeal to hospitality had an instant effect |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Instant potatoes, soups, and breakfast drinks. (references) | |
By contrast, milkshakes, yogurt, fruit, juices, or instant breakfasts provide extra calories and protein. (references) | ||
The fully developed, amniotic fluid-filled fetal lung is ready at the instant of birth to absorb the fluid and assume its own respiratory functions. (references) | ||
Business | The production of highly processed food and instant food products is the fastest growing branch of the food industry. (references) | |
With the advent of the Internet and E-commerce, the Philippine buyer has instant access to new technology and the latest sporting goods and equipment. (references) | ||
Economic History | Nigeria | This unique program gives you instant access to trade partners pre-qualified by U.S. Department of Commerce trade specialists. (references) |
Colombia | International e-commerce is shifting the balance of commercial power from the supplier to the buyer, who now has an instant choice among globally available products. (references) | |
Russia | Of special interest to exporters is the rapid expansion of pasta production, especially for low-cost instant noodles, which could lead to imports of U.S. durum wheat. (references) | |
Human Rights | Ghana | Public confidence in the police remains low, and mobs attacked several police stations due to perceived police inaction, a delay in prosecuting suspects, rumors of collaboration with criminals, and the desire to deal with suspects through instant justice. (references) |
Political Economy | MALAYSIA | Film and Paper Product Tariffs: Malaysia no longer has import duties on instant print film. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Regis Philbin | I want a guy who will develop an instant rapport with the contestant, who will make that contestant feel more confident, relax him, give them the ability to think clearly, and become his friend. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Buchanan | 1857-1861 | The voice of the majority, speaking in the manner prescribed by the Constitution, was heard, and instant submission followed. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | Americans did not panic or demand instant but useless cures. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | We ask only for a process, a direction, a basic code of decency, not for an instant transformation. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Instant access to information will increase productivity, help educate our children, and provide better medical care and create jobs, I call on Congress this year to pass legislation to establish the information superhighway. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | In a single instant, we realized that this will be a decisive decade in the history of liberty, that we've been called to a unique role in human events. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Instant" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 64.00% of the time. "Instant" is used about 1,263 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 64% | 808 | 8,626 |
| Noun (singular) | 35.84% | 453 | 12,868 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.16% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,263 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "instant": at that instant ♦ go this instant ♦ in an instant ♦ instant camera ♦ instant coffee ♦ instant meal ♦ instant photo ♦ on the instant ♦ tell me the instant ♦ this instant. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "instant": instant-access, instant-by-instant, instant-everything, instant-mix, instant-on. | |
Ending with "instant": almost-instant, instant-by-instant, near-instant, point-instant. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "instant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | rukkie (moment), oomblik (moment). (various references) | |
Albanian | moment (fit, hour, moment, momentum, Nick). (various references) | |
Arabic | فوري (immediate, instantaneous, prompt, quick, spontaneous, spot, straight away), مستعجل (accelerated, pressing, quick, running, rushing, urgent), لحظة (awhile, breath, breathing, jiffy, little while, minute, moment, second, short time, tick, trice, wink), سريعة التجهيز, سريع الذوبان, على عجل (overhastily, precipitately, pressing), عاجل (accelerate, hasten, immediate, precipitate, prompt, rapid, speedy, summary), جاري (current, flowing, streaming). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | спешен (clamant, emergency, necessitous, pressing, rush, speedy, urgent), разтворим (dissoluble, dissolvable, resoluble, soluble, solvable), текущият месец, който се приготвя, от текущия месец, неотложен (clamorous, exigent, immediate, necessitous, pressing, urgent), незабавен (immediate, instantaneous, prompt, speedy, straightaway, summary), непосредствен (direct, funky, immediate, pressing), моментален (instantaneous), момент (minute, moment, occasion, sec, second, shake, trice, twinkling, while, whipstitch), миг (flash, jiff, jiffy, minute, moment, second, shake, tick, trice, twinkle, twinkling). (various references) | |
Chinese | 立即 (forthwith, herewith, instantly, spur-of-the-moment), 即刻 (immediately, instantly). (various references) | |
Czech | instantní, okamžitý (immediate, instantaneous, momentary, overnight, prompt, quick, unhesitating), okamžik (jiff, jiffy, minute, moment, Nick, second, tick, trice), naléhavý (burning, dire, emergent, exhortative, exigent, immediate, imperative, importunate, insistent, of great importance, pressing, stringent, urgent), moment (consideration, let me see, moment). (various references) | |
Danish | øjeblik (moment). (various references) | |
Dutch | tel (esteem, moment, pulse, regard, second), oogwenk (moment), ogenblik (moment), moment (moment). (various references) | |
Esperanto | momento (moment). (various references) | |
Faeroese | lítil løta (moment), bil (car, moment). (various references) | |
Farsi | فورا (Anon, Expressly, Fast, Straightaway, Therewith), ماه کنونی , مثال (Example, Instance, Parable, Saw), لحظه (Flash, Instance, Minute, Moment, Second, Spot, Trice), ان (It, Minute, Moment, That, Yon, Yond), دم (At, Blast, Breath, Minute, Moment, Tail, Train, Trice). (various references) | |
Finnish | hetki (moment, while). (various references) | |
French | moment, instant. (various references) | |
Frisian | amerij (moment). (various references) | |
German | Augenblick (blink, jiffy, minute, moment, second, tick), Moment (element, fact, factor, moment, momentum). (various references) | |
Greek | στιγμή (jiffy, moment, stop, trice, whit). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | moment (moment). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מידי (from, immediate, instantaneous, prompt, spontaneous, spot, summary, swift), להכנה בין רגע, הרף עין (eyewink, jiffy, moment, trice, twinkle), דחוף (express, imperious, pressing, urgent), רגע (minute, moment, tick). (various references) | |
Hungarian | pillanat (flash, jiff, jiffy, minute, moment, shake, tick, trice), azonnali (immediate, instantaneous, present, prompt). (various references) | |
Indonesian | siap pakai, seketika, segera (apace, ere, immediate, presently, right away, straightway), saat (moment, occasion). (various references) | |
Irish | nóiméad (minute, moment), móimint (moment). (various references) | |
Italian | momento (bit, factor, feature, importance, jiff, minute, Mo, moment, momentum, opportunity, period, present, significance, time, while). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 瞬間 (moment, second), 瞬時 (moment), 即席 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | そくせき (footprints), しゅゆ (short while), しゅんかん (cold weather in early spring, moment, second), しゅんこく (moment), しゅんじ (moment), つゆのま, せつな (juncture, moment), インスト (installation, instructions), インスタント , じこく (moment, one's own country, time), はずみ (bound, chance, impetus, impulse, inertia, momentum, rebound, spring, spur of the moment, stimulus), とっさ (moment). (various references) | |
Korean | 즉시 (immediate). (various references) | |
Manx | tullaghtagh (instantaneous), tullaghagh, tullagh (little height; moment, low hill, mound, second, tumulus), shallid (moment, second, twinkling, twinkling of time), chooyl. (various references) | |
Norwegian | øyeblikkelig (immediate), øyeblikk. (various references) | |
Papiamen | instante (moment), momentu (moment), momento (moment). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | instantay.(various references) | |
Polish | moment (moment), chwila (moment). (various references) | |
Portuguese | momento (flash, full stop, hour, import, jiff, jiffy, minute, moment, momentum, point, tick, time, trice), instante (breath, flash, jiff, jiffy, minute, moment, tick, trice). (various references) | |
Romanian | moment (flash, hour, jiffy, juncture, minute, Mo, moment, one moment, page, point, second, shake, tick, time, trice, turn, twinkle, wait a bit). (various references) | |
Russian | текущий (current, flowing, operating, processor-active, recurring, running, then current, then-current, unfunded), немедленный (immediate, instantaneous), настоятельный (clamorous, pressing), мгновение (jiff, jiffy, minute, tick, trice, twinkling), момент мгновенный. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | trenutan (instantaneous, momentary), trenutak (flash, jiff, jiffy, juncture, minute, moment, point, trice, twinkling, wee), tren (jiffy). (various references) | |
Spanish | momento (instance, minute, Mo, moment, momentum, piece, place, point, tick, time), momentito (jiff, jiffy, moment), instante (jiff, jiffy, minute, moment, tick, time). (various references) | |
Sranan | yuruten (moment). (various references) | |
Swedish | ögonblicklig (instantaneous), ögonblick (instand, jiff, jiffy, moment, sec). (various references) | |
Turkish | an (flash, jiff, jiffy, minute, moment, point, second, snatch, span, split second, trice, wink). (various references) | |
Turkmen | maя (May 2, moment), lampa (moment, twinkling). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | негайний (immediate, instantaneous, prompt, swift), настійний (exacting, imperative, imperious), мить (flash, jiff, jiffy, second, tick, trice, twinkling, wink), безпосередній (direct, first hand, immediate, play-by-play, proximate, spontaneous), поточний (actual, current, operating, recurring, ruling). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | xảy ra ngay lập tức (instantaneous), sắp xảy ra khẩn trương, lập tức ăn ngay được, lập tức (forthright), lúc (sitting, when, while), gấp ngay tức khắc, cấp bách (burning, exigent, imperative, imperious, pressing, rush). (various references) | |
Welsh | cyfisol (of the same month), amrantiad (second, twinkling, wink). (various references) | |
Zulu | umzuzwana (moment). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | c.m., cr., currente mense, currentis, currentis mensis, e.m., ejusdem mensis, h.m., hoc mense, hujus mensis, instantem, m.c., mensis currentis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 2, Verse 38 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai auth auth th wra epistasa anqwmologeito tw kuriw kai elalei peri autou pasin toiV prosdecomenoiV lutrwsin en ierousalhm |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et haec ipsa hora superveniens confitebatur Domino et loquebatur de illo omnibus qui expectabant redemptionem Hierusalem |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | And þeos ðære tide becumende drihtne andette and be him spræc eallum þam þe geanbidedon hieru salem alysednesse; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And this cam vpon hem in thilk our, and knoulechide to the Lord, and spak of hym to alle that abiden the redempcioun of Israel. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And the same came forth that same houre and praysed the Lorde and spake of him to all that loked for redempcion in Hierusalem. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And she coming in that instant, gave thanks likewise to the Lord, and spoke of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And coming up at that time, she gave praise to God, talking of him to all those who were waiting for the freeing of Jerusalem. |
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| Language | Luke Chapter 2, Verse 38 |
| Cebuano | Ug sa paghiduol niya niadtong tungora, siya nagpasalamat sa Dios ug misulti mahitungod sa bata ngadto sa tanang nanagpaabut sa pagtubos sa Jerusalem. |
| Croatian | Upravo u taj èas nadoðe. Hvalila je Boga i svima koji išèekivahu otkupljenje Jeruzalema pripovijedala o djetetu. |
| Danish | Og hun trådte til i den samme Stund og priste Gud og talte om ham til alle, som forventede Jerusalems Forløsning. |
| Dutch | En deze, te dierzelfder ure daarbij komende, heeft insgelijks den Heere beleden, en sprak van Hem tot allen, die de verlossing in Jeruzalem verwachtten. |
| Finnish | Ja juuri sillä hetkellä hän tuli siihen, ylisti Jumalaa ja puhui lapsesta kaikille, jotka odottivat Jerusalemin lunastusta. |
| French | Étant survenue, elle aussi, à cette même heure, elle louait Dieu, et elle parlait de Jésus à tous ceux qui attendaient la délivrance de Jérusalem. |
| German | Die trat auch hinzu zu derselben Stunde und pries den HERRN und redete von ihm zu allen, die da auf die Erlösung zu Jerusalem warteten. |
| Haitian Creole | Menm lè sa a tou, li vin rive, li t'ap di Bondye mèsi. Li t'ap pale sou Jezi bay tout moun ki t'ap tann Bondye vin delivre lavil Jerizalèm. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Tepat pada waktu itu juga ia datang, lalu memuji Allah dan berbicara tentang Anak itu kepada semua orang yang menantikan saatnya Allah memerdekakan Yerusalem. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Pada ketika itu juga datanglah ia mengucap syukur kepada Allah, serta mengatakan dari hal kanak-kanak itu kepada sekalian orang yang menantikan penebusan Yeruzalem. |
| Italian | Sopraggiunta in quel momento, si mise anche lei a lodare Dio e parlava del bambino a quanti aspettavano la redenzione di Gerusalemme. |
| Manx Gaelic | As haink ish stiagh ec y traa cheddin, as hug ee booise myrgeddin da'n Chiarn, as loayr ee jeh roosyn ooilley va jeeaghyn son livrey-ys ayns Jerusalem. |
| Maori | Na ka tae atu ia i taua haora ano, ka whakawhetai ki te Ariki, a korerotia ana ia e ia ki te hunga katoa o Hiruharama e tatari ana ki te whakaoranga. |
| Norwegian | Og hun trådte til i samme stund og priste Gud, og hun talte om ham til alle dem som ventet på forløsning for Jerusalem. |
| Portuguese | Chegando ela na mesma hora, deu graças a Deus, e falou a respeito do menino a todos os que esperavam a redenção de Jerusalém. |
| Rumanian | A venit wi ea kn acelaw ceas, wi a knceput sq laude pe Dumnezeu, wi sq vorbeascq despre Isus tuturor celor ce awteptau mkntuirea Ierusalimului. |
| Shuar | Semeún tuasua amikmatai Anasha taa, Uchin Wáiniak Yúsan yuminsamiayi. Tura Jerusarénnum Yus uwemtikrampratai tusa Nákarmia nuna áujkunka uchin áujmat wémiayi. |
| Swahili | Saa hiyohiyo alijitokeza mbele, akamshukuru Mungu, na akaeleza habari za huyo mtoto kwa watu wote waliokuwa wanatazamia ukombozi wa Yerusalemu. |
| Swedish | Hon kom också i samma stund tillstädes och prisade Gud och talade om honom till alla dem som väntade på förlossning för Jerusalem. |
| Uma | Jadi', nto'u Yusuf pai' Maria hi Tomi Alata'ala toe, rata wo'o-imi-hawo Hana, mpo'uli' tarima kasi hi Alata'ala, pai' ntora mpotompo'wiwi Ana' toei hi hawe'ea tauna to mpopea tempo-na Alata'ala mpobahaka to Yerusalem ngkai bali' -ra. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "instant": instantaneities, instantaneity, instantaneous, instantaneously, instantaneousness, instantaneousnesses, instanter, instantiate, instantiated, instantiates, instantiating, instantiation, instantiations, instantly, instantness, instantnesses, instants. (additional references) | |
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"Instant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cnstant, Dinistan, initiand, Instan, instand, instanti, Instanz, instint, instit, istant, Jinshan, nitsan, Nystadt, Onstenk, Qinshan. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "instant" (pronounced i"nstunt) |
| 6 | -n s t u n t | constant. |
| 5 | -s t u n t | assistant, consistent, contestant, decongestant, distant, existent, extant, inconsistent, insistent, nonexistent, persistent, protestant, resistant. |
| 4 | -t u n t | accountant, adjutant, blatant, combatant, competent, concomitant, consultant, important, impotent, inadvertent, disinfectant, exorbitant, expectant, exultant, hesitant, incompetent, inhabitant, intermittent, irritant, latent, militant, mutant, noncombatant, omnipotent, patent, penitent, pollutant, potent, reluctant, repentant, resultant, surfactant, unimportant, unrepentant. |
| 3 | -u n t | agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consonant, constituent, containment, contaminant, contentment, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, incandescent, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insolent, insolvent, installment, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, nascent, negligent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, pennant, percipient, permanent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, postponement, postretirement, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unpleasant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-n-n-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: taints, tanist, titans. | |
-2 letters: antis, saint, satin, stain, stint, tains, taint, tints, titan. | |
-3 letters: ains, aits, anis, anti, ants, inns, nans, nits, sain, sati, snit, stat, tain, tans, tats, tins, tint. | |
-4 letters: ain, ais, ait, ani, ant, att, inn, ins, its, nan, nit, sat, sin, sit, tan, tas, tat, tin, tis. | |
-5 letters: ai, an, as. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-n-n-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: instants, intrants, nystatin, stannite. | |
+2 letters: abstinent, incitants, infestant, instanter, instantly, instating, intonates, intranets, natations, nattiness, nonartist, notations, nutations, nystatins, sententia, stannites, transient, unstating. | |
+3 letters: abstention, ancientest, annuitants, antagonist, antitoxins, astringent, attentions, constraint, entertains, inconstant, infestants, injectants, inpatients, instalment, intactness, intendants, intestinal, intrigants, itinerants, mentations, ministrant, negotiants, nightstand, nitrations, nonartists, sanitating, sanitation, sententiae, sentential, stagnating, stagnation, standpoint, stationing, stentorian, tanzanites, tarnations, tenantries, tetanising, transients, transiting, transition. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Historic 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Spoken 14. Quotations: Speeches 15. Usage Frequency 16. Expressions | 17. Expressions: Internet 18. Translations: Modern 19. Translations: Ancient 20. Bible Trace | 21. Abbreviations 22. Acronyms 23. Derivations 24. Rhymes | 25. Anagrams 26. Bibliography |
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