present moment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpresentandmoment
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present
adjective
uk/ˈprez.ənt/us/ˈprez.ənt/
in a ...
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moment
noun
uk/ˈməʊ.mənt/us/ˈmoʊ.mənt/
a very short period ...
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(Definition ofpresentandmomentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofpresent moment
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Thus, although the performer uses real actions, thepresentmomentof the performance is arguably always an illusion of the real.
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For if only thepresentmomentand its occupants exist, then successive phases of a process are never coexistent.
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In addition to this property, each occurringpresentmomentwould need to contain an individuator as a constituent.
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In the reality question the child was asked if he/she knew where the object (marble) was located at thatpresentmoment.
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Import of secondary resin is not an option at thepresentmomentas there is no trade flows in this commodity.
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All his images told powerful stories, and were always in thepresentmomenteven if they were historical.
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Again: among all previously memorized action recipes that allow you to make lawful changes in sensory stimulation, only some are applicable at thepresentmoment.
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The word now places the action very close to thepresentmomenton this time line, and later places it further away.
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In improvisation, the idea of thepresentmomentas the place of creativity is centrally important, rather as in nowmoment composition.
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I wanted to make the past come alive, to throw you into a wrong-endof-the-telescope view of thepresentmoment.
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Hope can then be about the positive experience of thepresentmoment.
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This question is, at thepresentmoment, still not definitely settled.
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At thepresentmomentthe reader cannot easily follow the presented programs, since not all concepts are properly explained.
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In the pastoral mode, this revelling in thepresentmomentis made possible and is sustained by a continuous outpouring of nature's plenitude.
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Each of these ideals is imaged in a blissfully suspendedpresentmoment, giving them the authoritative feel of a traditional, unchanging, "natural" social order.
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For such a prospect requires that an infinite number of events must have elapsed before thepresentmomentcould arrive.
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She is not obsessing over some future goal; her focus is on thepresentmoment.
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Ethnographic and historical perspectives fed off each other to allow the construction of an under^ standing of thepresentmoment.
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