aha moment



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aha moment

A moment or instance at which a sudden, revelatory idea, realization, or solution to a problem comes to mind. We'd been working on the problem at the lab for weeks, but the aha moment came to me when I was out gardening!
See also: moment

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Anacletoah-nah-KLE-to (Italian, Spanish)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Annelise-Danish
Mccormick[mə'kɔ:mik]
Gabriellega-bree-ELFrench, English
Mariekemah-REE-kəDutch
HumbertHUWM-bert (German), um-BER (French), HUM-bərt (English)German, French, English (Rare), Ancient Germanic