Moment meaning

What does “moment” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“moment” is a noun with 6 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a particular point in time.

moment

a particular point in time
“the moment he arrived the party began”
Synonymsminute second instant
an indefinitely short time
“wait just a moment”
“in a mo”
Synonymsmo minute second bit
at this time
“the disappointments of the here and now”
“she is studying at the moment”
Synonymshere and now present moment
having important effects or influence
“decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself”
“virtue is of more moment than security”
Synonymsconsequence import
a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)
the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University