- moment
- nounADJECTIVE▪ brief, fleeting, passing▪ long▪ precious, rare▪
They were making the most of those last precious moments together.
▪ intimate, quiet▪ anxious, awful, awkward, embarrassing, heart-stopping, tense, terrifying▪For one heart-stopping moment, we thought she was going to fall.
▪ bad, difficult▪That was a bad moment in my life.
▪ odd, spare▪Could you look through this report when you have a spare moment?
▪ exact, particular, precise, very▪I felt at home here from the very moment I arrived.
▪ good, opportune, perfect, right▪I don't think this is the right moment to ask for a bonus.
▪ inopportune, wrong▪ big, critical, crucial, decisive, defining, important, key, pivotal, seminal, watershed▪I didn't want to screw up my big moment.
▪We have reached a critical moment in the negotiations.
▪ historic, historical▪ climactic, dramatic▪ blissful, glorious, magic, magical, marvellous/marvelous, memorable, unforgettable, wonderful▪ emotional, poignant, tender, touching▪ funny, humorous▪This is one of the book's funniest moments.
▪ crowning, finest, great, happiest, proudest, shining (esp. AmE)▪Her finest moment came when she won the Nobel Prize.
▪ unguarded▪She let the news slip in an unguarded moment.
▪ senior (humorous) (= a forgetful occasion)▪It was a bad time to have a senior moment.
▪ final, last▪Why do you leave it until the last possible moment before getting ready?
VERB + MOMENT▪ last, take▪The feeling only lasted a moment.
▪This won't take a moment.
▪ hesitate (for), pause (for), wait (for)▪She paused a moment to reflect.
▪ spend▪I spent a few moments thinking what I was going to say.
▪ give sb, spare (sb)▪I can only spare you a moment, I'm afraid.
▪ enjoy, relish, savour/savor▪Victory was sweet, and she relished every moment.
▪ cherish, treasure▪I treasure the moments we spent together.
▪ recall, relive, remember▪Afterwards she relived every moment in her head.
▪ dread▪I dread the moment when she finds out.
▪ choose, pick, seize▪He's in a bad mood today—you need to choose your moment carefully.
▪ capture▪I managed to capture the moment on film.
MOMENT + VERB▪ arrive, come, occur▪The moment had finally come to make a move.
▪ pass▪He opened his mouth to say he loved her, but the moment passed.
PREPOSITION▪ after a/the moment▪After a moment we followed him.
▪ at a/the moment▪At that very moment the phone rang.
▪He might wake up at any moment.
▪ for a/the moment▪She paused for a moment.
▪ from a/the moment▪I loved her from the first moment I met her.
▪ in a/the moment▪I'll be back in a moment.
▪in her rare moments of leisure
▪ moment in▪a great moment in the country's history
▪ moment of▪at the moment of death
▪It was the proudest moment of my entire life.
▪There was a moment of silence.
PHRASES▪ at a given moment, at any given moment▪You need to be aware of what you are doing at any given moment.
▪ every waking moment▪I don't expect to spend every waking moment at work.
▪ a few moments▪Could you wait a few moments?
▪ in the heat of the moment▪In the heat of the moment she forgot what she wanted to say.
▪ a moment ago▪He was here just a moment ago.
▪ a moment later▪A moment later, the ceiling fell in.
▪ a moment longer, a moment more▪I couldn't stand it a moment longer.
▪ a moment or two▪I stood there for a moment or two.
▪ never a dull moment▪There's never a dull moment in this job.
▪ not a moment too soon▪ the present moment▪At the present moment, we do not have a choice.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
