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momentous in Japanese

momentous in Japanese is 重大 — momentous means of great importance, especially because of lasting consequences.

momentous in Japanese

重大
adj
Pronounced: juudai
Outstanding in importance, of great consequence.

What does "momentous" mean?

  1. adj Of great importance, especially because of lasting consequences.
    "What to the other parties was merely the sale of a ship was to him a momentous event involving a radically new view of existence."
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momentous in a sentence

  • What to the other parties was merely the sale of a ship was to him a momentous event involving a radically new view of existence.
  • Natural selection is arguably the most momentous idea ever to occur to a human mind, because it — alone as far as we know — explains the elegant illusion of design that pervades the living kingdoms and explains, in passing, us.

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What is "momentous" in Japanese?
"momentous" in Japanese is 重大. momentous means: Of great importance, especially because of lasting consequences.
How do you pronounce 重大?
"momentous" in Japanese is 重大, pronounced "juudai".
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