"at the moment" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

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  1. At this moment; right now. Synonyms: atm[textspeak]]>, ;, currently, at present, ;, at the minute, ;, in the moment Related terms: in the moment Translations (right now): op die oomblik (Afrikaans), حَالِيًّا (ḥāliyyan) (Arabic), فِي هٰذِهِ اَللَّحْظَة (fī hāḏihi l-laḥẓa) (Arabic), ներկա պահին (nerka pahin) (Armenian), de moment (Catalan), per ara (Catalan), 此刻 (cǐkè) (Chinese Mandarin), 眼前 (yǎnqián) (Chinese Mandarin), 目前 (mùqián) (Chinese Mandarin), y'n pols ma (Cornish), e'n polj ma (Cornish), i øjeblikket (Danish), p.t. (note: short for "pro tempore") (Danish), momenteel (Dutch), momente (Esperanto), ĉi-momente (Esperanto), tällä hetkellä (Finnish), parhaillaan (Finnish), en ce moment (French), actuellement (French), pour le moment (French), pour l’instant (French), agora mesmo (Galician), momentan (German), im Moment (German), zurzeit (German), αυτή τη στιγμή (aftí ti stigmí) (Greek), כרגע (karéga) (Hebrew), כעת (kaét) (Hebrew), jelenleg (Hungarian), jelen pillanatban (Hungarian), pillanatnyilag (Hungarian), sem stendur (Icelandic), núna (Icelandic), faoi láthair (Irish), attualmente (Italian), adesso (Italian), 現時点では (genjiten-dewa) (alt: げんじてんでは) (Japanese), 現在は (genzai-wa) (alt: げんざいは) (Japanese), ឥឡូវ (əyləv, i’ləv) (Khmer), 당장은 (dangjang'eun) (Korean), i øyeblikket (Norwegian), akkurat nå (Norwegian), aktualnie (Polish), w tej chwili (Polish), w tym momencie (Polish), no momento (Portuguese), momentan (Romanian), actualmente (Romanian), pentru moment (Romanian), la momentul actual (Romanian), la moment (Moldova) (Romanian), в да́нный моме́нт (v dánnyj momént) (Russian), en este momento (Spanish), en aqueste momento (Spanish), de momento (Spanish), en el momento (Spanish), por el momento (Spanish), sasa hivi (Swahili), för tillfället (Swedish), ตอนนี้ (dtɔɔn-níi) (Thai), vào lúc này (Vietnamese), ar hyn o bryd (Welsh), ar y foment (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-at_the_moment-en-prep_phrase-G~rVXvu~ Disambiguation of 'right now': 90 10
  2. (dated) At that time; then. Tags: dated
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Alternative forms

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      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "ներկա պահին"
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      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "de moment"
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      "word": "此刻"
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      "word": "y'n pols ma"
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      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "e'n polj ma"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "i øjeblikket"
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      "word": "momenteel"
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      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "momente"
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      "word": "ĉi-momente"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "tällä hetkellä"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "parhaillaan"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "en ce moment"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "actuellement"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "pour le moment"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "right now",
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      "code": "gl",
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      "word": "agora mesmo"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "momentan"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "im Moment"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "zurzeit"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aftí ti stigmí",
      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "αυτή τη στιγμή"
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      "word": "כרגע"
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      "word": "כעת"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "jelenleg"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "jelen pillanatban"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "pillanatnyilag"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "sem stendur"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "núna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "faoi láthair"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "attualmente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "adesso"
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    {
      "alt": "げんじてんでは",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "genjiten-dewa",
      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "現時点では"
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      "roman": "genzai-wa",
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      "word": "現在は"
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      "code": "km",
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      "roman": "əyləv, i’ləv",
      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "ឥឡូវ"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "dangjang'eun",
      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "당장은"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "i øyeblikket"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "akkurat nå"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "aktualnie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "w tej chwili"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "w tym momencie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "no momento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "momentan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "actualmente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "pentru moment"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "la momentul actual"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "la moment (Moldova)"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "v dánnyj momént",
      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "в да́нный моме́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "en este momento"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "en aqueste momento"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "de momento"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "en el momento"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "por el momento"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "sasa hivi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "för tillfället"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dtɔɔn-níi",
      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "ตอนนี้"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "vào lúc này"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "ar hyn o bryd"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "right now",
      "word": "ar y foment"
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  "word": "at the moment"
}

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