instants
IN-stuhnts/ˈɪnstənts/
- 1Plural of instant.
In the final instants before the buzzer, she sank the winning shot.
The camera captures thousands of fleeting instants every second.
Note
A regular -s plural that serves every noun use of instant, not only the temporal ones. Besides fleeting moments and precise points in time, it can mean several instant foods or drinks, or several instant cameras, shortened from the full phrase. The dated adjective senses, 'imminent' and 'urgent', take no plural at all: instant needs stay instant, never instants.
instants is a form of instant
instant, noun: A very short period of time; a fleeting moment. Full entry
- Forms
- instantinstants plural
- Spelling
- instant → instants: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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