momentous
Use Momentous in a sentence
təs adjective
of great or far-reaching importance or consequence: a momentous day.
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momentous (məʊˈmɛntəs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| of great significance | |
| mo'mentously | |
| —adv | |
| mo'mentousness | |
| —n | |
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Momentous
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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Example sentences
These thoughts concern themselves only with things that seem important and of momentous interest to us.
One momentous case down, another equally historic decision to go.
It was a momentous and eventful day to all upon our plantation.
Today, however, a second and equally momentous shift is needed.
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