Definition: Meaning of, moment in English to English dictionary.
Pronunciation:/ ˈməʊm(ə)nt /
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point in time a particular point in time
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short time a very short period of time
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at the momentBritish Englishespecially spoken,American Englishformal now
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for the moment used to say that something is happening or is true now but will probably change in the future
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the moment (that) somebody does something as soon as someone does something
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the last moment if you do something at the last moment or if something happens at the last moment, it happens at the last possible time
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(at) any moment extremely soon
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opportunity[usually singular] a particular time when you have a chance to do something
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moment of madness/weakness/panic etc a short period of time when you do not feel or behave as normal and often do or say something which you later wish you had not done or said
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one moment ... the next/from one moment to the next used to say that a situation changes very suddenly, often in a way which you do not expect or cannot explain
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not believe/think/do something for a/one momentespecially spoken used to say that you did not believe, expect etc something at all
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of the moment the person, idea, word etc of the moment is the one that is most important or popular at the present time
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have its/your moments to have periods of being good or interesting
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not a moment too soon almost too late
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the moment of truth the time when you will find out if something will work properly, be successful etc
a successor to the Richter scalegeology a logarithmic scale of 1 to 10 that enables seismologists to compare the energy released by different earthquakes on the basis of the area of the geological fault that ruptured in the quake