Present; current.

Latin word meaning “current month

a convention in writing indicating the same month as the date of the letter or advertisement, abbreviated inst. See also ultimo

in or of the present month; "your letter of the 10th inst"

Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest.

Closely pressing or impending in respect to time; not deferred; immediate; without delay.

occurring with no delay; "relief was instantaneous"; "instant gratification"

A point in time; a moment; a portion of time too short to be estimated; also, any particular moment; as, teh situation may change in an instant.

a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party began"

demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need"