Meaning

1 senses
  1. Outstanding in importance, of great consequence.

    wichtig, bedeutsam, folgenreich

    ва́жныйvážnyj, знаменательныйznamenatelʹnyj

    of very great significance

Examples

6 sentences
  1. This incident could have momentous diplomatic consequences.

  2. Evidently something very momentous had occurred that afternoon.

  3. James tweeted that the signing was a momentous occasion.

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

    deDie Entdeckung wird eine bedeutsame Auswirkung auf die Krebsbehandlung haben. — Tamy

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  5. The air was thick with tension, and they could sense that something momentous was about to happen.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
of outstanding importance or great consequence:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
of outstanding importance or great consequence:

Forms

more momentous, most momentous
Comparativemore momentous Lesson
Superlativemost momentous Lesson

regular

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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