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This is an instant soup - just add hot water to the powder.<br />

instantaneously<br />

adv. instantly, immediately, at once, (right) now, directly,<br />

forthwith, promptly, this minute or second or instant, without<br />

delay, tout de suite, instanter, Brit straight away or US right<br />

away; Colloq pronto, US momentarily: <strong>The</strong> results will be beamed<br />

instantaneously to 176 million people around the world.<br />

instead adv. 1 as an alternative or a substitute: She wanted me to go<br />

but I stayed instead. 2 instead <strong>of</strong>. alternatively, preferably,<br />

in preference to, in place <strong>of</strong>, in lieu <strong>of</strong>, rather than, as a<br />

substitute for; as contrasted with, as opposed to: Instead <strong>of</strong><br />

going to the cinema we went to the theatre.<br />

instil v. instill, imbue, inculcate, infuse, ingrain or engrain,<br />

implant; insinuate, impart: From childhood a sense <strong>of</strong> justice<br />

was instilled in us.<br />

instinct n. intuition, feel, feeling, empathy, sensitivity, tendency,<br />

propensity, leaning, bent, skill, talent, faculty, sixth sense,<br />

knack, predisposition, capacity, aptitude; subconscious: She<br />

has an uncanny instinct for finding the most interesting person<br />

in a crowd.<br />

instinctive<br />

adj. 1 instinctual, intuitive, natural, innate, native, inborn,<br />

inbred, congenital, constitutional, reflex, visceral,<br />

intestinal, intrinsic, intuitional, subconscious, Colloq gut:<br />

She has an instinctive flair for design. 2 immediate,<br />

involuntary, irrational, mechanical, automatic, spontaneous:<br />

Harvey took an instinctive dislike to Percy when they met.<br />

institute n. 1 society, organization, association, league, alliance,<br />

guild: <strong>The</strong>y tried to establish an institute for research on<br />

badgers. 2 See institution, 2.<br />

--v. 3 establish, found, launch, organize: <strong>The</strong> principles <strong>of</strong><br />

sportsmanship were instituted on the playing fields <strong>of</strong> England.<br />

4 inaugurate, introduce, initiate, set up, start, begin,<br />

originate, commence, pioneer: If you do not pay, we shall be<br />

obliged to institute proceedings against you.

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