Noun

(en noun)

A brief, unspecified amount of time.

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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps,

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, chapter=6, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.}}

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, volume=189, issue=1, page=37, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Where the profound meets the profane , passage=Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – "profanity", "curses", "oaths" and "swearing" itself.}}

The smallest portion of time; an instant.

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, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.}}

Weight or importance.

* 1597 , (William Shakespeare), , 3,7,67:

In deep designs, in matter of great moment , / No less importing than our general good.

* 1904 , (Arthur Conan Doyle), (The Adventure of the Second Stain) , (Norton 2005, p.1192)

The document in question is of such immense importance that its publication might very easily – I might almost say probably – lead to European complications of the utmost moment .

The turning effect of a force applied to a rotational system at a distance from the axis of rotation. Also called moment of force.

(label) A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.

(label) A petit mal episode; such a spell.

(label) A fit, a short-duration tantrum, a hissy.

(label) An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.

Noun

(en noun)

The thought process of considering, of taking everything into account.

''After much consideration, I have decided to stay.

Something considered as a reason or ground for a (possible) decision.

The tendency to consider others.

''You showed remarkable consideration in giving up your place for your friend.

''Will you noisy children show some consideration and stop your infernal screaming? I'm trying to study!

A payment or other recompense for something done.

''Sure I'll move my car, but only for a consideration .

(legal) A matter of inducement for something promised; something valuable given as recompense for a promise, which causes the promise to become binding as a contract.

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Importance, claim to notice, regard.

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[...] settled down on a small property he had near Quimper to live for the rest of his days in peace; but the failure of an attorney left him suddenly penniless, and neither he nor his wife was willing to live in penury where they had enjoyed consideration .