momentous
very important
TRANSLATION
momentous = wichtig, bedeutsam --- GOOGLE INDEX momentous: approximately 10,500,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
President Clinton's Intervention in the Health Debate Is MOMENTOUS.
(Huffington Post)
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Even the most piddling life is of MOMENTOUS consequence to its owner.
- James Wolcott
(Huffington Post)
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Even the most piddling life is of MOMENTOUS consequence to its owner.
- James Wolcott
Did you
know?
momentous
adjective
- very important because of effects on future events
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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A momentous holiday
A Texan farmer goes to Australia on holiday. He meets an Australian farmer and starts to chat with him. The Aussie shows off his big wheat field and the Texan says, "Oh! We have wheat fields that are at least twice as large."
Then they walk around the ranch a little, and the Aussie shows off his herd of cattle. The Texan immediately says, " We have longhorns that are at least twice as large as your cows."
The conversation has meanwhile almost died when the Texan sees a herd of kangaroos hopping through the field. He asks, "And what are those?"
The Aussie replies with an incredulous look, "Don't you have any grasshoppers in Texas?"
Etymology: from "moment" + the suffix "ous", literally a full or extended moment. The suffix "ous" means "full of" and is used to transform many nouns into adjectives that describe the quality of the object described in the word. For instance, courage + ous forms "courageous," or full of courage.
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SYNONYMS
important, earth-shaking, epochal, far-reaching, historic, pivotable, significant
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Life is full of momentous events, but I think the birth of a child is at the top of the list."
adjective
- very important because of effects on future events
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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A momentous holiday
A Texan farmer goes to Australia on holiday. He meets an Australian farmer and starts to chat with him. The Aussie shows off his big wheat field and the Texan says, "Oh! We have wheat fields that are at least twice as large."
Then they walk around the ranch a little, and the Aussie shows off his herd of cattle. The Texan immediately says, " We have longhorns that are at least twice as large as your cows."
The conversation has meanwhile almost died when the Texan sees a herd of kangaroos hopping through the field. He asks, "And what are those?"
The Aussie replies with an incredulous look, "Don't you have any grasshoppers in Texas?"
Etymology: from "moment" + the suffix "ous", literally a full or extended moment. The suffix "ous" means "full of" and is used to transform many nouns into adjectives that describe the quality of the object described in the word. For instance, courage + ous forms "courageous," or full of courage.
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SYNONYMS
important, earth-shaking, epochal, far-reaching, historic, pivotable, significant
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Life is full of momentous events, but I think the birth of a child is at the top of the list."
