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aha moment

noun

Etymology

From aha + moment.

  1. derived from mōmentum
  2. derived from moment
  3. inherited from moment
  4. compounded as aha moment — “aha + moment”

Definitions

  1. The moment or instant at which the solution to a problem, or some other significant…

    The moment or instant at which the solution to a problem, or some other significant realization, becomes clear.

    • We are never made to understand why Oskar Schindler, the Nazi war profiteer, risked his life to save more than 1,200 Jews; there is no defining Aha! moment that accounts for his heroism.
    • Her aha moment came in 2003: "This, I realized, was my passion."
    • Microsoft’s marketing gurus hope that Bing will evoke […] a sound — the ringing of a bell that signals the “aha” moment when a search leads to an answer.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA