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MOMENTOUS

\mə͡ʊmˈɛntəs], \mə‍ʊmˈɛntəs], \m_əʊ_m_ˈɛ_n_t_ə_s]\

Definitions of MOMENTOUS

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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Of moment or consequence; very important; weighty; as, a momentous decision; momentous affairs.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Of moment or consequence; very important; weighty; as, a momentous decision; momentous affairs.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Very important; as, a momentous decision.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

MOMENTOUSLY.
MOMENTOUSNESS.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Of great importance.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Important; weighty; of great consequence.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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