momentous event
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmomentousandevent
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momentous
adjective
uk/məˈmen.təs/us/məˈmen.t̬əs/
very important because of effects on ...
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event
noun[C]
uk/ɪˈvent/us/ɪˈvent/
anything that happens, especially something important ...
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(Definition ofmomentousandeventfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It was amomentouseventin the country's politico-military history.
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Recognition itself was not themomentouseventit has been billed as.
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That is amomentousevent, the precursor, one may hope, of many other such visits in the future.
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I want to explain what has happened since thatmomentousevent.
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That concert was to prove amomentouseventin my life.
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I personally found it a great honour to be a member of the team that was able to witness thismomentousevent.
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It may, indeed, be the mostmomentouseventsince the beginning of the industrial revolution more than 150 years ago.
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This is amomentousevent.
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It may be not only an untoward but an extremelymomentousevent; and my own crude expectation is that it is only too likely to prove so.
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But in some cases, suchmomentouseventcould also have a tragic ending.
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A particularlymomentouseventduring this time was the currency reform of 1948.
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If that claim seems in any way far-fetched, consider the reactions to two of the most momentous events of the last 15 years.
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At twenty-eight, she had hardly been a girl when her volume had appeared; but momentous events had occurred since: she had married, had children, and become a journalist.
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It records two momentous events making for contentment within our own boundaries and for peace throughout the world.
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It is one thing to read about such momentous events; to have participated in person is another matter entirely.
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The story of the most momentous events in the domestic and international annals of his generation cannot be told except in relation to his life.
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His reign fell in a seething time, crowded from beginning to end with momentous events.
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Having a baby is one of the most momentous events in life.
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There are many important conclusions to be drawn from those momentous events 300 years ago.
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It is not partisanship per se to underline her weakness in the face of such momentous events.
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