moment
noun
1 moment
A particular point in time:
— The moment he arrived the party began.
synonyms: instant, minute, second.
Roget 113:
instantaneity,
instantaneousness,
immediacy;
suddenness,
abruptness.
moment,
instant,
second,
minute;
twinkling,
trice,
flash,
breath,
crack,
jiffy,
coup,
burst,
flash of lightning,
stroke of time.
epoch,
time;
time of day,
time of night;
hour,
minute;
very minute
&c.,
very time,
very hour;
present time,
right time,
true time,
exact correct time.
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Roget 106:
time,
duration;
period,
term,
stage,
space,
span,
spell,
season;
the whole time,
the whole period;
space-time;
course
etc.
109;
snap.
intermediate time,
while,
interim,
interval,
pendency†;
intervention,
intermission,
intermittence,
interregnum,
interlude;
respite.
era,
epoch;
time of life,
age,
year,
date;
decade
etc.
(period)
108;
moment,
etc.
(instant)
113.
glass of time,
sands of time,
march of time,
Father Time,
ravages of time;
arrow of time;
river of time,
whirligig of time,
noiseless foot of time;
scythe.
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Dutch: poosje, tel, moment, ogenblik, stonde, tijd, tijdstip, ure, uur
2 moment
An indefinitely short time:
— Wait just a moment.
synonyms: bit, minute, mo, second.
Dutch: minuut, moment, ogenblik, punt, seconde, tel
Polish: okamgnienie, mgnienie oka, mgnienie, uĊamek sekundy, minutka, minuta, chwilka, chwileczka, sekundka, chwila, moment, sekunda, chwilunia, momencik ... show more
3 moment
4 moment
Having important effects or influence:
— Virtue is of more moment than security.
synonyms: consequence, import.
Roget 642:
importance,
consequence,
moment,
prominence,
consideration,
mark,
materialness.
import,
significance,
concern;
emphasis,
interest.
greatness
etc.
31;
superiority
etc.
33;
notability
etc.
(repute)
873;
weight
etc.
(influence)
175;
value
etc.
(goodness)
648;
usefulness
etc.
644.
gravity,
seriousness,
solemnity;
no joke,
no laughing matter;
pressure,
urgency,
stress;
matter of life and death.
memorabilia,
notabilia†,
great doings;
red-letter day.
great thing,
great point;
main chance,
the be all and the end all"
[Macbeth];
cardinal point;
substance,
gist
etc.
(essence)
5;
sum and substance,
gravamen,
head and front;
important part,
principal part,
prominent part,
essential part;
half the battle;
sine qua non;
breath of one's nostrils
etc.
(life)
359;
cream,
salt,
core,
kernel,
heart,
nucleus;
keynote,
keystone;
corner stone;
trump card
etc.
(device)
626;
salient points.
top sawyer,
first fiddle,
prima donna [Sp.],
chief;
triton among the minnows;
'it' [U.S.]. "
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5 moment
A turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force).
Dutch: tijdstip
Polish: moment
6 moment
The n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value.
Moby thesaurus: a breath, abundant year, academic year, accent, advantage, annum, ascendancy, authority, avail, bissextile year, bit, breath, breathing, calendar month, calendar year, century, charisma, charm, clout, common year, compulsion, concern, concernment, consequence, consequentiality, consideration, control, coup, crack, credit, day, decade, decennary, decennium, defective year, dominance, domination, drive, driving force, effect, eminence, emphasis, enchantment, esteem, excellence, fateful moment, favor, fiscal year, flash, force, fortnight, good feeling, gravity, greatness, half a jiffy, half a mo, half a second, half a shake, high order, high rank, hold, hour, impellent, impelling force, impetus, import, importance, impulse, impulsion, incentive, incidental power, incitement, influence, influentiality, influentialness, insinuation, instant, interest, interval, irresistible force, jiff, jiffy, juncture, kairos, leadership, leap year, leverage, little, little bit, little while, lunar month, lunar year, lunation, luster, lustrum, magnetism, magnitude, man-hour, mark, mastery, materiality, merit, microsecond, millennium, millisecond, minute, moment of truth, momentousness, momentum, month, moon, motive power, no time, note, pair of winks, paramountcy, period, personality, persuasion, pith, point, potency, power, precedence, predominance, preeminence, pregnant moment, preponderance, pressure, prestige, primacy, priority, profit, prominence, propulsion, psychological moment, purchase, quarter, quinquennium, rank, regular year, reign, repute, rule, say, season, sec, second, self-importance, semester, seniority, seriousness, session, shake, short spell, short time, sidereal year, significance, signification, small space, solar year, space, span, spell, split second, spurt, stage, stature, stress, stretch, stroke, suasion, subtle influence, suggestion, sun, superiority, supremacy, sway, term, thrust, tick, time, time lag, trice, trimester, twelvemonth, twink, twinkle, twinkling, twitch, two shakes, upper hand, use, value, week, weekday, weight, weightiness, while, whip hand, wink, worth, year ... show more.
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