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moment

Syllables: mo·mentUK/ˈməʊmənt//ˈmoʊmənt/

moment noun: a particular point of space; a spot. Also the ellipsis of moment of force.

Noun

moment (countable and uncountable, plural moments)

  1. A particular point of space; a spot.
    • ...over everything there lay a deposit of heavy white dust, which was only blown off one moment to thicken on another.1905, E. M. Forster, Where Angels Fear to Tread, chapter 7, third paragraph
    Synonyms:
    point, spot
  2. A particular point of time; an instant.
    • Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen...1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
    • "You know, we all have our own lives to live. Now and then we get confused, we become weak and vulnerable. We have to look around for help. Sometimes we get lucky and there's someone who loves us to support us, to help us along. We have a right, being human, to those moments of weakness. We have a...1976, Richard Duprey, Duel on the Wind, part 4, chapter 1
  3. A brief, unspecified amount of time.
    • Wait a moment, while I lock the front door.
    • Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps,[…], and the light of the reflector fell full upon her.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    stound, instant, trice
  4. (figuratively) Weight or importance.
    • In deep designs, in matter of great moment, / No less importing than our general good.c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    • However, upon a ſtrict Review, I blotted out ſeveral Paſſages of leſs Moment which were in my firſt Copy, for fear of being cenſured as tedious and trifling, whereof Travellers are often, perhaps not without Juſtice, accuſed.1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “A Great Storm Described, the Long-Boat Sent to Fetch Water, the Author Goes with It to Discover the Country. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the...
  5. (historical, unit) A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.
  6. (informal) A petit mal episode; such a spell.
  7. (colloquial) A fit; a brief tantrum.
  8. An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.
  9. A quantitative measure of the shape of a set of points.
    • If the points represent mass, then the zeroth moment is the total mass, the first moment divided by the total mass is the center of mass, and the second moment is the rotational inertia.
  10. (Internet, frequently derogatory, usually preceded by a noun) An embarrassing event, supposed to be characteristic of some person, group, or situation.
    • woman moment
    • Reddit moment
  11. (Internet, colloquial) The current center of public attention and awe; the most important celebrity in their prime.
    • She’s got a point. She’s an icon, she is a legend, and she is the moment. Now, come on, now. You got to give it up to Kim.

Proper noun capitalized: Moment

Moment (plural Moments)

  1. A surname.

Also used as

moment is also the ellipsis of moment of force.

moment meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

moment in Hindi

moment of force
आघूर्ण āghūrṇ
very brief period of time
पल pal, क्षण kṣaṇ

moment in Tamil

very brief period of time
நொடி noṭi, க்ஷணம் kṣaṇam
moment in time
க்ஷணம் kṣaṇam, நொடி noṭi

moment in Marathi

क्षण

moment in Urdu

very brief period of time
لَمْحَہ lamha, پَل pal, دَم dam
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moment in Bengali
মুহূর্ত muhurtô
moment in Telugu
క్షణము kṣaṇamu, నిమిషము nimiṣamu
moment in Malayalam
നിമിഷം
moment in Kannada
ಕ್ಷಣ
moment in Punjabi
ਪਲ
moment in Gujarati
ક્ષણ
moment in Odia
ମୁହୁର୍ତ୍ତ, ମୁହୂର୍ତ୍ତଟି, ମୁହୂର୍ତ୍ତ
moment in Sanskrit
क्षण kṣaṇa
moment in Nepali
क्षण, पल
moment in Pashto
آن ān, اثنا asnã, شېبه šebá
moment in Tagalog
saglit
moment in Arabic
عَزْم ʕazm, لَحْظَة laḥẓa, دَقِيقَة daqīqa, وَهْلَة wahla
moment in Malay
saat
moment in Indonesian
saat
moment in Thai
โมเมนต์, ครู่ krûu, เดี๋ยว dǐao
moment in Vietnamese
mô men, chốc, chốc lát, giây lát
moment in Myanmar
ခဏ hka.na.

Examples of moment in a sentence

  • We have a right, being human, to those moments of weakness.1976, Richard Duprey, Duel on the Wind, part 4, chapter 1
  • Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.1921, Ben Travers, chapter 6, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
  • Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – "profanity", "curses", "oaths" and "swearing" itself.2013 June 14, Sam Leith, “Where the profound meets the profane”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 37:
  • The document in question is of such immense importance that its publication might very easily – I might almost say probably – lead to European complications of the utmost moment.1904, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Second Stain, Norton, published 2005, page 1192:

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Synonyms of moment

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Antonyms

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Forms of moment

Noun
pluralmoments
Proper noun
pluralMoments

Plural of moment: moments

Origin of moment

From Middle English moment, from Old French moment, from Latin mōmentum. Doublet of momentum and movement.

Unexplained English surname.

Words formed from moment

Phrases with moment

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Questions about moment

What does moment mean?
Moment means a particular point of space; a spot.
What is moment in Hindi?
Moment in Hindi is आघूर्ण (āghūrṇ), पल (pal), क्षण (kṣaṇ). See Moment meaning in Hindi.
How do you use moment in a sentence?
We have a right, being human, to those moments of weakness.
What part of speech is moment?
Moment can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce moment?
Moment is pronounced /ˈməʊmənt/ (UK).
What is the plural of moment?
The plural of moment is moments.

Words near moment in the dictionary

  1. mombin batard
  2. mombins
  3. mome
  4. momelotinib
  5. momenergy
  6. moment
  7. moment arm
  8. moment arms
  9. moment by moment
  10. moment in the sun
  11. moment magnitude scale

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Adapted from Wiktionary: moment (page history and authors); Moment (page history and authors); moment (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); moment (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); moment (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); moment (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); moment (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); moment (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); moment (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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