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# momentous

«momentous» in Mova's school dictionary: **Very important, with big effects on the future** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (momentous, more momentous, most momentous)

### meaning for a pupil

Very important, with big effects on the future. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/momentous/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in history lessons for great events (the Moon landing was a momentous event) and in stories when a big decision is made.

### examples

- The first Moon landing was a momentous day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/momentous/#x1)
- It was a momentous decision to move to Australia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/momentous/#x2)
- Winning the war was a momentous event. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/momentous/#x3)
- The opening of the first railway was momentous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/momentous/#x4)
- Starting secondary school feels like a momentous step. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/momentous/#x5)
- Mole's first trip on the river was momentous for him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/momentous/#x6)
- On this momentous occasion she played well. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/momentous/#x7)

### note

Not about «a moment» of time: momentous = very important. «Momentary» means lasting a moment. Noun: momentousness.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «momentous» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/momentous/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.