moments

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

   Synonyms:

   instant, minute, juncture, occasion, point in time, sith, time

3. A brief, unspecified amount of time.
   • Wait a moment, while I lock the front door.

   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...
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.

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