Idiom
aha moment
Meaning
The moment or instant at which the solution to a problem, or some other significant realization, becomes clear.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I finally had an aha moment while doing my math homework.”
“After staring at the broken engine for hours, he had an aha moment and realized exactly which part was missing.”
“The scientist experienced a sudden aha moment, connecting the disparate data points into a coherent theory that would change the entire field of study.”
Examples
simple
“I finally had an aha moment while doing my math homework.”
contextual
“After staring at the broken engine for hours, he had an aha moment and realized exactly which part was missing.”
complex
“The scientist experienced a sudden aha moment, connecting the disparate data points into a coherent theory that would change the entire field of study.”
Origin
From aha + moment.
Key words
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