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aha moment en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From aha + moment.

Meanings

1. (idiomatic) The moment or instant at which the solution to a problem, or some other significant realization, becomes clear.
   • Her aha moment came in 2003: "This, I realized, was my passion." 2007 March 8, Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, “The Zeal For the Job”, in Time:
   • 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. 2009 May 28, Miguel Helft, “Microsoft’s Search for a Name Ends With a Bing”, in New York Times, retrieved 15 Aug 2012:
   • 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. 1994 January 30, Peter Rainer, “Spielberg backlash strikes ‘Schindler’”, in Toledo Blade, USA, retrieved 15 Aug 2012, page E2:

Forms

Relateds

aha experience · aha effect · eureka moment · aha reaction

Synonyms

epiphany

Translations (7)

pl eureka (instance of becoming clear) · fi ahaa-elämys (instance of becoming clear) · sv aha-upplevelse (instance of becoming clear) · de Aha-Erlebnis (instance of becoming clear) · fr illumination (instance of becoming clear) · cmn 頓悟時刻 /顿悟时刻 (instance of becoming clear) · da aha-oplevelse (instance of becoming clear)