English Explanatory Dictionary

momentous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Outstanding in importance, of great consequence.

Pronunciation

/məʊˈmɛn.təs/ /moʊˈmɛn.təs/ en-us-momentous.ogg

Word forms

momentous more momentous most momentous

Etymology

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

Derived words

immomentous momentously momentousness unmomentous
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on M Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary