momentous decision

collocation in English

meaningsofmomentousanddecision

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momentous
adjective
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/məˈmen.təs/us
/məˈmen.t̬əs/
very important because of effects on ...
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decision
noun
uk
/dɪˈsɪʒ.ən/us
/dɪˈsɪʒ.ən/
a choice that you make about something after thinking about ...
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(Definition ofmomentousanddecisionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is almost impossible to expect those people to take such amomentousdecisionwithin such a short space of time.
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A great andmomentousdecisionwill have been taken.
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The reasons for such amomentousdecisionmust presumably be fairly compelling.
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Of course there is much agonising when such amomentousdecisionhas to be taken.
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Men have to make amomentousdecisionbefore striking.
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However, it is interesting that he picked up that "by a single vote on a single day" we would be making thismomentousdecision.
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It is right and proper that we should have discussion and argument about such amomentousdecision.
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It is essential that we know more about the aircraft's engines before we take amomentousdecisioninvolving huge public expenditure.
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They were not even allowed to visit their homeland before reaching theirmomentousdecision.
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If this is indeed amomentousdecision, that fact has not yet permeated through to our consciousness.
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Thismomentousdecisioncomes hot on the heels of an earlier reduction in the age of consent from 21 to 18 years.
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It is sad, therefore, that his speech could not live up to thatmomentousdecision.
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That regine quite simply was not capable of carrying out such amomentousdecisionso successfully and so quickly.
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We had a fairlymomentousdecisiona fortnight ago when approval was given for the new central flow management unit.
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That is amomentousdecisionindeed.
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Does she agree that before such amomentousdecisionis taken there needs to be a much more broadly based and widespread debate than has so far taken place?
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They have made amomentousdecision.
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Apparently that is a cooling-off period during which people have time to reconsider theirmomentousdecisionto play a game of bingo.
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Amomentousdecisionis involved.
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But it is clear that he took thismomentousdecisionbecause he felt that it was his duty to do so, and for no other reason.
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