momentous

CEFRC1

/məʊˈmɛn.təs/

adjective

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Very important and likely to have a major effect.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Outstanding in importance, of great consequence.

Examples

  • The discovery will have a momentous effect on the treatment of cancer.

  • The falling of the Berlin Wall was truly a momentous occasion.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /moʊˈmɛn.təs/

Deep Dive

More examples

In context

  • "It has been a momentous month, and I hope we shall all retain healthful recollections of it as long as we live."

  • The reason why I did not publish this book till the end of the last sessions of parliament was, because I did not care to interfere with more momentous affairs.

  • What to the other parties was merely the sale of a ship was to him a momentous event involving a radically new view of existence.

Quick test

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The leaders considered the signing of the peace treaty a blank moment in history.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

adjective

From moment (“weight, importance”) + -ous.