word-vault/dist/data/cards/in/instant.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "instant",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "happening immediately",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This account gives you instant access to your money."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The show was an instant success."
                },
                {
                    "text": "People today seem to want **instant gratification**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She took an instant dislike to me, the first time we met."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is no instant solution to the problem of rising crime."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "immediate",
            "topics": ["Time"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be"],
                "adverb": ["almost"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "that can be made quickly and easily, usually by adding hot water",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "instant coffee"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪnstənt/",
                "audio": "in/instant/instant__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪnstənt/",
                "audio": "in/instant/instant__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Old French from Latin instant- ‘being at hand’, from the verb instare, from in- ‘in, at’ + stare ‘to stand’."
}