Momentous
[mə(ʊ)'mentəs] or [mo'mɛntəs]
Definition
(adj.) of very great significance; 'deciding to drop the atom bomb was a very big decision'; 'a momentous event' .
Editor: Tracy--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of moment or consequence; very important; weighty; as, a momentous decision; momentous affairs.
Typist: Terrence
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Important, weighty, significant, grave, serious, of importance, of great consequence.
Editor: Sasha
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Significant, important, material, weighty,[See IMPORTANT]
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Examples
- For an active participant in the war, it is clear that the momentous thing is the issue, the future consequences, of this and that happening. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- That night was a momentous one in history. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Where she could be placed became a subject of most melancholy and momentous consultation. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Equally momentous were the times in Europe, where the attempt to secure opportunities of expansion as well as larger liberty for the individual took quite different form. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This momentous pocket-book was a timely reminder to him of another transaction. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I try in vain to recall how I felt about it, and what its circumstances were; but it is not momentous in my recollection. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Now, sir, I must ask you more particularly what this document is, and why its disappearance should have such momentous consequences? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The illumination of the latter was held to be a truly momentous achievement owing to its great size. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- England had been the scene of momentous struggles, during my early boyhood. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The story of that momentous voyage of two months and nine days must be read in detail to be appreciated. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The present is one of those momentous stages in the life of man. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Both the sisters seemed struck: not shocked or appalled; the tidings appeared in their eyes rather momentous than afflicting. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- In Germany and Russia the injury was still more momentous. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The most trivial question escapes not our controversy, and in the most momentous we are not able to give any certain decision. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- They are merely one aspect of a much profounder and more momentous enlargement of human possibility. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Have you no opinion to express on this momentous event in our young friend's life? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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