Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest. Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer. Romans 12:12.

Immediate; without intervening time; present. Impending death is thine and instant doom.

Quick; making no delay. Instant he flew with hospitable haste.

Present; current. On the tenth of July instant.

A point in duration; a moment; a part of duration in which we perceive no succession, or a part that occupies the time of a single thought.

A particular time.