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DID MOVING THE ARC BRING THE 3-POINTER TO A BREAKING POINT? Also found in: Thesaurus, Legal, Acronyms, Idioms, Wikipedia. A period of time so short as to be almost imperceptible. A particular or precise time: at the instant of combustion. The current month: your letter of the 15th instant. A food or beverage designed for quick preparation.

Commercially prepared or processed for quick and easy final preparation: an instant cake mix. Quickly and easily resolved or determined: instant lottery tickets. Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc.

The pain disappeared in an instant. At the same instant, he flung open the car door. He had taken an instant dislike to her. He was stirring instant coffee into two mugs of hot water.

A very brief time:crack, flash, minute, moment, second, trice, twinkle, twinkling, wink. A particular interval of time that is limited and often crucial:juncture, moment, point. Compelling immediate attention:burning, crying, dire, emergent, exigent, imperative, pressing, urgent. Without delay:directly, forthwith, immediately, instantly, now, right away, right off, straightaway, straight off. 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.