moments

1. a particular point in timeExamples: "the moment he arrived the party began"Synonyms: instant, minute, moment, second

2. an indefinitely short timeExamples: "wait just a moment"; "in a mo"; "it only takes a minute"Synonyms: bit, minute, mo, moment, second

3. at this timeExamples: "the disappointments of the here and now"; "she is studying at the moment"Synonyms: here and now, moment, present moment

4. having important effects or influenceExamples: "decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself"; "virtue is of more moment than security"; "that result is of no consequence"Synonyms: consequence, import, momentAntonyms: inconsequence

5. a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)Synonyms: moment

6. the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed valueSynonyms: moment