"in the moment" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

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  1. Fully and freely enjoying oneself without thought to past or future. Translations (Translations): hetkessä (Finnish), chwilą (used mostly in the phrase "żyć chwilą") (Polish), el momento (Spanish), en el momento (Spanish), el presente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-in_the_moment-en-prep_phrase-en:mindfully Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 92 8
  2. (sometimes proscribed) Synonym of at the moment. Tags: proscribed, sometimes Synonyms: at the moment [synonym, synonym-of]
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