flash

/flæʃ/ noun

Definition

BRIGHT LIGHT [C] › a sudden bright light: The bomb exploded in a flash of yellow light.

CAMERA [C, U] › a piece of camera equipment that produces a bright light when you take a photograph in a dark place

SUDDEN EXPERIENCE [C] › a sudden experience of something such as a feeling or idea: a flash of anger I had a flash of inspiration.

in a flash › immediately, or very quickly: I'll be back in a flash.

(Definition of flash noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

everything that exists or is possible

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