instant — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bit noun A small piece or amount of something.
- crack verb To break, split, or form a line of damage without falling completely apart.
- instant adj Happening right away, with no delay.
- jiffy noun A very short, unspecified length of time.
- minute noun A unit of time equal to sixty seconds, or one sixtieth of an hour.
- moment noun A very short period of time, or a particular point in time.
- point noun The sharp or narrow end of something.
- second adjective Coming after the first in order, position, or importance.
Senses
instant is used for these senses in English:
- bit (informal) Specifically, a small amount of time.
- crack (slang, dated, UK) A brief time; an instant; a jiffy.
- jiffy (colloquial) A very short, unspecified length of time. [from 1780.]
- minute (informal) A short but unspecified time period.
- point (obsolete) A tiny amount of time; a moment. [14th–17th c.]
- second A unit of time historically and commonly defined as a sixtieth of a minute which the International System of Units more precisely defines as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground state at a temperature of absolute zero and at rest.
- second (informal) A short, indeterminate amount of time.
bit — full definition
- noun A small piece or amount of something.
- noun The smallest unit of digital information, representing a 0 or a 1.
- verb Past tense of "bite".
crack — full definition
- verb To break, split, or form a line of damage without falling completely apart.
- verb To solve a difficult problem or figure something out.
- verb To break down or give in under pressure, especially during questioning or stress.
- verb To make a joke.
- noun A thin line or split in a surface.