moment — meaning in English
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English meaning
- instant adj Happening right away, with no delay.
- jiffy noun A very short, unspecified length of time.
- minute noun A unit of time equal to sixty seconds, or one sixtieth of an hour.
- moment noun A very short period of time, or a particular point in time.
- page noun One side of a sheet of paper in a book, magazine, or document.
- point noun The sharp or narrow end of something.
- spell noun Words believed to have magical power, or the magical effect they produce.
- time noun The ongoing flow of existence in which events happen — what clocks and calendars measure in seconds, hours, days and years.
- while noun A period of time, especially one of uncertain or moderate length.
Senses
moment is used for these senses in English:
- jiffy (colloquial) A very short, unspecified length of time. [from 1780.]
- minute (informal) A short but unspecified time period.
- moment (physics, mechanics) Ellipsis of moment of force.
- page (figurative) A collective memory; noteworthy event; memorable episode.
- point A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture. [from 13th c.]
- spell (colloquial) An indefinite period of time (usually with a qualifier); by extension, a relatively short distance. [from 18th c.]
- time (countable) A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive).
- while An uncertain duration of time, a period of time.
instant — full definition
- adj Happening right away, with no delay.
- adj Quick and easy to prepare, especially food or drink made by just adding water.
- noun A single very short moment in time.
jiffy — full definition
- noun A very short, unspecified length of time.
- noun A unit of time defined by the frequency of its basic timer – historically, and by convention, 0.01 of a second, but some computer operating systems use other values.
- noun The length of an alternating current power cycle (1/60 or 1/50 of a second).
- noun The time taken for light to travel a specified distance in a vacuum, usually one centimetre (approximately 33.3564 picoseconds), but sometimes one foot or the width of a nucleon.