Commentary: MOMENT[+event] moment, minute, second, bit - an indefinitely short time
Examples:
Wait just a moment for me to get my shoes.
It only takes a moment to do your dishes.
I'll get your juice in just a moment.
It seems like that summer only lasted a moment.
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WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 2
Commentary: MOMENT[+event] moment, minute, second, instant, here and now, present moment - a particular point in time (especially the immediate present)
Examples:
Give me that penny, right this moment.
The moment he arrived the party began.
The disappointments of the moment.
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WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 1 3
Commentary: consequency, import, moment - having important effects or influence
Examples:
Virtue is of more moment that security.
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WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 4
Commentary: the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value
Examples:
Billy has to find the moment of seven problems for homework.
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WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 6
Commentary: the moment of a couple is the product of its force and the distance between its opposing forces
Examples:
Billy calculated the moment of seven problems for homework, yesterday.
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WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 5