1. a very brief period of time; an instant
2. a particular point in time
3. importance or significance

Examples

• Wait just a moment while I get my keys.
• At that moment, everything changed.
• This is a moment of great importance in history.
• She paused for a moment before answering.
• The moment has come to make a decision.
• It was a moment of pure joy.
• The engineer calculated the moment of force on the beam.