English-Italian translations for instant

• istante
• attimo
• immediato
  Il turismo dei nostri giorni si è trasformato nella ricerca del divertimento immediato. Tourism nowadays has changed into the pursuit of instant pleasure.
  In un mondo ideale, dovremmo dirigerci direttamente verso un divieto immediato di rigetto. In an ideal world we would move straight to a complete and instant ban on discards.
  La concessione di diritti di ingresso immediato ai familiari senza un vero limite di tempo incoraggerà un'immigrazione permanente delle popolazioni. Opening instant admission rights to family members with no real limit in time will encourage permanent populating immigration.
• momento

Definition of instant

• A very short period of time; a moment
• A single, usually precise, point in time
• A beverage or food which has been pre-processed to reduce preparation time, especially instant coffee
• Impending; imminent
• Urgent; pressing; acute
• Present; current; extant
• Occurring immediately; immediate; present
• Lasting for a short moment; momentary; short-lived
• Very quickly and easily prepared
• Of the current month
• At once; immediately

Examples

• She paused for only an instant, which was just enough time for John to change the subject
• The instant the alarm went off, he fled the building
• instant coffee; instant noodles; instant mashed potato; instant photo
• I refer to your letter of the 16th instant in regard to traffic disruption

Related words

• instantly
• instantaneous
• instantaneously
• instantiate
• instantiation
• instanton
• instantaneousness
• instantiable
• instantaneity