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moment
noun
having important effects or influence
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ˈməʊmənt
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noun
having important effects or influence
“decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself”
noun
the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value
noun
a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)
noun
at this time
“the disappointments of the here and now”
noun
a particular point in time
“the moment he arrived the party began”
noun
an indefinitely short time
“wait just a moment”
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Example Sentences
decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself
virtue is of more moment than security
that result is of no consequence
the disappointments of the here and now
she is studying at the moment
the moment he arrived the party began
wait just a moment
in a mo
it only takes a minute
in just a bit
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