If you say that something happens the moment something else happens, you are emphasizing that it happens immediately after the other thing.
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The moment I closed my eyes, I fell asleep.
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the moment in British English
the present point of time
at the moment it's fine
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the moment in American English
the present or the immediate future
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Examples of 'the moment' in a sentence
the moment
By the time he looked back, Costa had turned the moment into something truly menacing.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The moment that something happens is actually small.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
In the heat of the moment he did something he regrets.
The Sun (2011)
But something else occurs the moment your manager tells you that.
Christianity Today (2000)
Are you working on something at the moment?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It was something he did on the spur of the moment and that something was bound to lead to his detection.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
There is nobody at the moment, something she is not afraid to admit.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
There's something skewed here at the moment.
The Sun (2013)
The tipping point: the moment when something goes from being niche to being mainstream has arrived.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The moment 's sting is utterly drawn by a thin veneer of violins and some cautiously inoffensive singing.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
I feel that my body needs something extra at the moment.
The Sun (2012)
Footage posted on the magazine 's website captures the moment he is told of what the three leaders are about to do.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
For me it is a leisure activity, a restful thing and who needs to rest the moment after they have woken from sleep?
Christopher Ross TUNNEL VISIONS: Journeys of an Underground Philosopher (2001)
I am nearly back, but you can feel there is something missing at the moment.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The command of space and time; each player 's certainty that the moment belonged to him.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
So what are we left with to treat Alzheimer 's disease at the moment?
The Sun (2008)
At the moment'there 's only one message.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
And the moment is today 's game and next week's game.
The Sun (2013)
Astute employers often dismiss unsatisfactory employees as they approach one year 's service: the moment that you get protection.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
But he said: 'In the moment you give something like that away you feel like the ground opening up and swallowing you.
The Sun (2007)
Something has to give and at the moment that something is the FA Cup.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
I don't need a ring, but there should be something to signify the moment.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
All related terms of 'the moment'
for the moment
You use for the moment to indicate that something is true now , even if it will not be true in the future .
of the moment
You use of the moment to describe someone or something that is or was especially popular at a particular time, especially when you want to suggest that their popularity is unlikely to last long or did not last long.
the last moment
If someone does something at the last moment , they do it at the latest time possible .
the next moment
You use the expression the next moment , or expressions such as ' one moment she was there, the next she was gone ', to emphasize that something happens suddenly , especially when it is very different from what was happening before.
spur-of-the-moment
sudden and unplanned
in the heat of the moment
without stopping to think about what you are doing or saying , because you are angry or excited
on the spur of the moment
If you do something on the spur of the moment , you do it suddenly , without planning it beforehand .
at the/this moment/present moment
You use expressions such as at the moment , at this moment , and at the present moment to indicate that a particular situation exists at the time when you are speaking .
do something on the spur of the moment
to do something suddenly and without planning it in advance