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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. of very great significance;
- Example: "deciding to drop the atom bomb was a very big decision"
- Example: "a momentous event"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Momentous \Mo*men"tous\, a. [Cf. L. momentosus rapid,
   momentary.]
   Of moment or consequence; very important; weighty; as, a
   momentous decision; momentous affairs. -- Mo*men"tous*ly,
   adv. -- Mo*men"tous*ness, n.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

momentous
    adj 1: of very great significance; "deciding to drop the atom
           bomb was a very big decision"; "a momentous event"