point in time
A particular when
A point in time is a specific moment, as opposed to a duration or period.
The phrase often appears in legal, technical, or formal contexts: At that point in time, the defendant was in custody.
Critics consider it wordy—at that time or simply then usually suffices—but it persists in speech that aims for precision or gravity.
- instantBriefest unit of time
- dateSpecific day or outing
- momentBrief period of time
- simultaneityState of coexisting temporally
- junctureCritical point of decision
critical moment · departure · zero hour · jiff · frozen moment · split second · timestamp · commencement · ending · milestone · outset · now · middle · kickoff · then · window · get-go · watershed
point in timeduration
Length of existence
period of time · stretch of time · interval · era · epoch
point in timeeternity
Boundless temporal existence
timelessness · forever · infinity · perpetuity · the eternal
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