- [usually before noun] happening immediately synonym immediate
- This account gives you instant access to your money.
- The show was an instant success.
- People today seem to want instant gratification.
Extra ExamplesTopics Timeb2- She took an instant dislike to me, the first time we met.
- There is no instant solution to the problem of rising crime.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- almost
- [only before noun] (of food) that can be made quickly and easily, usually by adding hot water
- instant coffee
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin instant- ‘being at hand’, from the verb instare, from in- ‘in, at’ + stare ‘to stand’.
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