Instant: nm and adj. (word coming from the Latin instans, present participle of instare “to squeeze closely, to press”).
The word “instant” has several meanings:
1. Very short duration that consciousness grasps as a whole (moment; minute, second).
It only lasted a moment.
It was a matter of a moment.
Quote from the French playwright and poet Pierre Corneille (1606-1784): “Every moment of life is a step towards death”.
Wait for the right moment.
T moment.
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