Meaning & Definition of Moment in English
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Moment
/moʊmənt/
noun
1. A particular point in time
- "The moment he arrived the party began"
synonym:
- moment,
- minute,
- second,
- instant
2. An indefinitely short time
- "Wait just a moment"
- "In a mo"
- "It only takes a minute"
- "In just a bit"
synonym:
- moment,
- mo,
- minute,
- second,
- bit
3. At this time
- "The disappointments of the here and now"
- "She is studying at the moment"
synonym:
- here and now,
- present moment,
- moment
4. Having important effects or influence
- "Decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself"
- "Virtue is of more moment than security"
- "That result is of no consequence"
synonym:
- consequence,
- import,
- moment
5. A turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)
synonym:
- moment
6. The n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value
synonym:
- moment
Examples of using
Tom waited a moment before replying.
With his mother very sick and a tight deadline at work, Tom has a lot on his plate at the moment.
I liked both songs very much, and only then I noticed that they'd been written by the same band. At that moment it got one more fan.