Meanings
- At this moment; right now.
I'm really off horror movies at the moment.
3 more examples
I'm afraid Ms Smith is out of the office at the moment.
Rumour has it that a new luxury lounge car design is also under discussion at the moment.
1964 July, “XP64: New Standard Carriage Project”, in Modern Railways, page 2Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham pulled no punches in March 20's Transport for the North board meeting in Leeds. He wants rid of Avanti West Coast. And he may yet get his way, although ministers in London are holding the line at the moment.
2024 April 3, Philip Haigh, “Discord over Avanti West Coast is part of a wider problem”, in RAIL, number 1006, page 52Synonyms: atm[textspeak]]>, currently, at present, at the minute, in the moment
- datedAt that time; then.
'I had the same idea as you,' the Director was saying. 'Wanted to have a look at the savages. Got a permit for New Mexico and went there for my summer holiday. With the girl I was having at the moment. […]
1932, Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, London: Chatto & Windus
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseAt this moment; right now.
Translations
Afrikaans op die oomblik
- op die oomblikright now
Arabic حَالِيًّا, فِي هٰذِهِ اَللَّحْظَة
- حَالِيًّا (ḥāliyyan)right now
- فِي هٰذِهِ اَللَّحْظَة (fī hāḏihi l-laḥẓa)right now
Catalan de moment, per ara
- de momentright now
- per araright now
Chinese Mandarin 此刻, 眼前
- 此刻 (cǐkè)right now
- 眼前 (yǎnqián)right now
- 目前 (mùqián)right now
Danish i øjeblikket, p.t.
- i øjeblikketright now
- p.t.right now
Dutch momenteel
- momenteelright now
Esperanto momente, ĉi-momente
- momenteright now
- ĉi-momenteright now
Finnish tällä hetkellä, parhaillaan
- tällä hetkelläright now
- parhaillaanright now
French en ce moment, actuellement
- en ce momentright now
- actuellementright now
- pour le momentright now
- pour l'instantright now
German momentan, im Moment
- momentanright now
- im Momentright now
- zurzeitright now
Greek αυτή τη στιγμή
- αυτή τη στιγμή (aftí ti stigmí)right now
Hebrew כרגע, כעת
- כרגע (karéga)right now
- כעת (kaét)right now
Hungarian jelenleg, jelen pillanatban
- jelenlegright now
- jelen pillanatbanright now
- pillanatnyilagright now
Icelandic sem stendur, núna
- sem stendurright now
- núnaright now
Irish faoi láthair
- faoi láthairright now
Italian attualmente, adesso
- attualmenteright now
- adessoright now
Japanese 現時点では, 現在は
- 現時点では (genjiten-dewa)right now
- 現在は (genzai-wa)right now
Korean 당장은
- 당장은 (dangjang'eun)right now
Norwegian i øyeblikket, akkurat nå
- i øyeblikketright now
- akkurat nåright now
Polish aktualnie, w tej chwili
- aktualnieright now
- w tej chwiliright now
- w tym momencieright now
Portuguese no momento
- no momentoright now
Romanian momentan, actualmente
- momentanright now
- actualmenteright now
- pentru momentright now
- la momentul actualright now
- la moment (Moldova)right now
Russian в да́нный моме́нт
- в да́нный моме́нт (v dánnyj momént)right now
Spanish de momento, por el momento
- de momentoright now
- por el momentoright now
Swahili sasa hivi
- sasa hiviright now
Swedish för tillfället
- för tillfälletright now
Thai ตอนนี้
- ตอนนี้ (dtɔɔn-níi)right now
Turkish şu an
- şu anright now
Vietnamese vào lúc này
- vào lúc nàyright now
Welsh ar hyn o bryd, ar y foment
- ar hyn o brydright now
- ar y fomentright now
Cite this entry
at the moment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20the%20moment
“at the moment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20the%20moment. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “at the moment,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20the%20moment.
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