at the moment

English

Prepositional phrase

at the moment

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.
- 2024 April 3, Philip Haigh, “Discord over Avanti West Coast is part of a wider problem”, in RAIL, number 1006, page 52:
  Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham pulled no punches in March 20's Transport for the North board meeting in Leeds. He wants rid of Avanti West Coast. And he may yet get his way, although ministers in London are holding the line at the moment.
(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. […]

Synonyms

(right now): atm (text messaging), currently
(chiefly UK) at the minute

Translations

right now

Afrikaans: op die oomblik
Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: حَالِيًّا (ḥāliyyan), فِي هٰذِهِ اَللَّحْظَة (fī hāḏihi l-laḥẓa)
Armenian: ներկա պահին (nerka pahin)
Catalan: de moment (ca), per ara
Chinese:
Mandarin: 此刻 (zh) (cǐkè), 眼前 (zh) (yǎnqián), 目前 (zh) (mùqián)
Cornish: y'n pols ma, e'n polj ma
Danish: i øjeblikket, p.t. (da) (short for "pro tempore")
Dutch: momenteel (nl)
Esperanto: momente, ĉi-momente
Finnish: tällä hetkellä, parhaillaan (fi)
French: en ce moment (fr), actuellement (fr), pour le moment (fr), pour l’instant (fr)
Galician: agora mesmo
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: momentan (de), im Moment, zurzeit (de)
Greek: αυτή τη στιγμή (aftí ti stigmí)
Hebrew: כרגע (karéga), כעת (kaét)
Hungarian: jelenleg (hu), jelen pillanatban, pillanatnyilag (hu)
Icelandic: sem stendur, núna (is)
Irish: faoi láthair
Italian: attualmente (it), adesso (it)
Japanese: 現時点では (げんじてんでは, genjiten-dewa), 現在は (ja) (げんざいは, genzai-wa)
Khmer: ឥឡូវ (km) (əyləv, i’ləv)
Korean: 당장은 (dangjang'eun)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian: i øyeblikket, akkurat nå
Polish: aktualnie (pl), w tej chwili, w tym momencie
Portuguese: no momento
Romanian: momentan (ro), actualmente (ro), pentru moment, la momentul actual, la moment (Moldova)
Russian: в да́нный моме́нт (v dánnyj momént)
Spanish: en este momento
Swahili: sasa hivi
Swedish: för tillfället (sv)
Thai: ตอนนี้ (dtɔɔn-níi)
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: vào lúc này
Welsh: ar hyn o bryd, ar y foment

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