at the moment
English
Prepositional phrase
- At this moment; right now.
- 1964 July, “XP64: New Standard Carriage Project”, in Modern Railways, page 2:
- Rumour has it that a new luxury lounge car design is also under discussion at the moment.
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- (dated) At that time; then.
- 1932, Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, London: Chatto & Windus:
- '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. […]
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Synonyms
- (right now): atm (text messaging), currently
- (chiefly UK) at the minute
Translations
right now
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