FOR THE MOMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does for the moment mean? 

• FOR THE MOMENT (adverb)
  The adverb FOR THE MOMENT has 1 sense:

1. temporarily

  Familiarity information: FOR THE MOMENT used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOR THE MOMENT (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Temporarily

Synonyms:

for the moment; for the time being

Context example:

we'll stop for the time being

 Context examples 

He had for the moment mistaken me for the man he hated.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I was only confused for the moment, because I felt that I should be looked at.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Take it, then, that the vampire, and the belief in his limitations and his cure, rest for the moment on the same base.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

For the moment, the researchers recommend incrementally incorporating additional fish into a diet; consumption even once a week moves a family into the high fish-eating group as defined in the study.

(Weekly Fish Consumption Linked to Better Sleep, Higher IQ, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

She would at least have peace for the moment.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

For the moment he saw red.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Holmes was for the moment as startled as I. His hand closed like a vice upon my wrist in his agitation.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Whether my aunt supposed, for the moment, that he kept her property in his neck-kerchief, I am sure I don't know; but she certainly pulled at it as if she thought so.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

"Yours, Mother? Why, you are never angry!" And for the moment Jo forgot remorse in surprise.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The prisoners were left for the moment standing alone in the middle of the clearing.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)