aha moment
noun
variants or less commonly Aha moment
: a moment of sudden realization, inspiration, insight, recognition, or comprehension
The aha moment you experience when you've been trying to remember the name of a song and three hours later it hits you …
Jeffrey Kluger
Jeffrey KlugerNote: Aha is sometimes followed by an exclamation point and is also often placed in quotation marks.
That was the "Aha!" moment … that made the befuddlement worthwhile. Robin Marantz Henig
Robin Marantz HenigHer "aha" moment came about two years ago … Emily Weinstein
Emily Weinstein
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web This aha moment is part of what inspired the brand to organize its new sports bras according to three different levels of compression: light, medium, and high. Izzy Grinspan, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Aug. 2022 There’s something deeply gratifying about watching a person have an aha moment, which happens frequently with psychedelic treatments, and seeing old, worn out perceptions about oneself fall away like unnecessary baggage. David E. Carpenter, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022 Coulier said listening to the album was an aha moment and gave him insight into his relationship with the Grammy-winning singer. Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 15 July 2022 In the sitcom world, everyone has to go back to their positions when the credits roll, but in 2022, Rosenthal would have stretched the aha moment past one episode. Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2022 Diard’s next aha moment was another link to cycling. Outside Online, 18 Feb. 2015 My aha moment stemmed from a casual question that my therapist posed mid-session about why my primary love language is acts of service. Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 13 Feb. 2022 For Srivastava, the aha moment came when his farmer uncle lost his entire crop for three years owing to climate variability. Stephanie Cain, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2022 This took me a while to figure out—and the aha moment came after years of pushing myself too hard and dealing with more pain as a result. Kat Elton, Marie Claire, 12 Oct. 2021 See More
Izzy Grinspan, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Aug. 2022 There’s something deeply gratifying about watching a person have an aha moment, which happens frequently with psychedelic treatments, and seeing old, worn out perceptions about oneself fall away like unnecessary baggage. David E. Carpenter, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022 Coulier said listening to the album was an aha moment and gave him insight into his relationship with the Grammy-winning singer. Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 15 July 2022 In the sitcom world, everyone has to go back to their positions when the credits roll, but in 2022, Rosenthal would have stretched the aha moment past one episode. Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2022 Diard’s next aha moment was another link to cycling. Outside Online, 18 Feb. 2015 My aha moment stemmed from a casual question that my therapist posed mid-session about why my primary love language is acts of service. Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 13 Feb. 2022 For Srivastava, the aha moment came when his farmer uncle lost his entire crop for three years owing to climate variability. Stephanie Cain, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2022 This took me a while to figure out—and the aha moment came after years of pushing myself too hard and dealing with more pain as a result. Kat Elton, Marie Claire, 12 Oct. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1931, in the meaning defined above