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Prepositional phrase
[edit]at the moment
- At this moment; right now.
- Synonyms: atm (initialism, textspeak); currently, at present; at the minute (chiefly UK); in the moment
- Coordinate terms: presently ("soon"); for the present, for now, for the time being
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[1], 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. […]
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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