Meanings
- Fully and freely enjoying oneself without thought to past or future.
She encourages us to strive to live in the moment.
2 more examples
Not the grim humans who struggle clench-jawed into work each day, more like a boisterous bunch of mini-humans let loose in a child's playground - free, rambunctious, just happy to be alive and in the moment.
2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 63She lived in the moment, surrendered to whatever the day presented, and remained her true, original self.
2010, Isabel Wilkerson, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, page 532
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseSynonym of at the moment.
Translations
Finnish hetkessä
- hetkessäTranslations
Polish chwilą (used mostly in the phrase "żyć chwilą")
- chwilą (used mostly in the phrase "żyć chwilą")Translations
Spanish el momento, en el momento
- el momentoTranslations
- en el momentoTranslations
- el presenteTranslations
Vietnamese ăn xổi ở thì
- ăn xổi ở thìTranslations
Cite this entry
in the moment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20moment
“in the moment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20moment. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in the moment,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20moment.
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