At the moment meaning in English
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Definition
(I can't answer the phone) at the moment: (I can't answer the phone) right now, this second, immediately, at this time
We use a similar expression to refer to past events: At that moment (in time), I was scared for my life.
Examples
- "It's chaos at the Customer Service Department at the moment!"
- "We're looking for surf instructors on the Yorke Peninsula at the moment."
- "Xavier : What are you doing at the moment, Brian?"
- "But I'm really busy at the moment, is next week possible for you?"
- "Hannah : But we should expect more than we get at the moment."
- "Moira McDonald is breastfeeding at the moment, but we do have our business correspondent, Janine Overtime, here."
- "I'm not available at the moment, though if you leave your name and number, I'll get back to you as soon as possible."
- "I read your horoscope and saw that Mercury has entered your star sign, so your consciousness is probably pretty high at the moment."
- "Actually, that suits me – the Australian Dollar is down against the US Dollar at the moment."
- "He's in a meeting at the moment."
- "We're not interested in online distributors at the moment."
- "You are too angry to talk to someone at the moment, so you will be placed on hold until you have calmed down a bit."
- "I'm actually very upset at the moment."
- "Mr Delavigne is... dead... at the moment."
- "We're not here at the moment."
- "But as you know, I'm working two jobs at the moment."
- "Well this "app" I'm using at the moment is quite exciting."
- "I'm kind of hic , I'm kind of hic , I'm kind of busy at the moment."
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