the moment
This very instant
The moment functions as an adverbial phrase meaning right now or at this point in time: I'm not hiring anyone at the moment.
It often implies temporariness—the current situation may change.
The moment can also introduce a clause marking a precise instant when something happens: The moment I saw her, I knew.
- instantBriefest unit of time
- split secondInfinitesimal unit of time
- blink of an eyeExtremely brief duration
- nowThe present moment
- right nowAt the present moment
present · present tense · fleeting · second · flash · heartbeat · pause · breath · snapshot · frozen in time · glimpse · timing · occasion · juncture · opportunity · seize · seize the day · capture
- nownow, present, instant, today, currently
- subordinatorsthat, if, because, although, though
- conjunctionsand, but, or, for, nor
- KierkegaardSoren Kierkegaard, leap of faith, angst, subjectivity, existential dread
the momentthe past
All elapsed time
long ago · antiquity · yesteryear · days of yore · time immemorial
the momenteternity
Boundless temporal existence
forever · eons · perpetuity · ages · the long haul
the momenteternity
Boundless temporal existence
timelessness · the eternal · permanence · infinity · the infinite
moment, moments, momentary, momentarily, momentous, momentousness