moment
mo
ˈməʊ
mew
ment
mənt
mēnt
bestowment

Definition & Meaning of "moment"in English

Moment
01

a very short period of time 

moment definition and meaning
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
moments
Examples
For a moment, I thought I had lost my wallet. 
02

the quality of being significant and important 

Examples
The signing of the agreement was a moment of great significance for the company. 
Examples
Let’s focus on the moment and not worry about the past. 
04

the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value 

05

a particular or exact point in time 

Examples
That was the moment when everything changed. 
06

a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force) 

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