moment

/mˈoʊmənt/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. a particular point in time
   “the moment he arrived the party began”
2. an indefinitely short time
   “wait just a moment”
3. at this time
   “the disappointments of the here and now”
4. having important effects or influence
   “decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself”
5. a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)
6. the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value

Synonyms for moment

• minute
• second
• instant
• mo
• bit
• here and now
• present moment
• consequence
• import