moment

mo-ment · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A very brief period of time.

  2. 2.

    An exact point in time.

  3. 3.

    A particular time or occasion.

  4. 4.

    Importance or significance.

  5. 5.

    (physics) A turning effect produced by a force.

Forms

plural: moments

Related words

Antonyms: age, eternity
See also: instant, second, time
Synonyms: instant, point, second

Etymology

From Old French "moment," from Latin "momentum" meaning "movement, impulse, moment," contraction of "movimentum," from "movere" (to move). The sense of "importance" comes from the idea of a decisive instant.