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In some senses, epochal is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.
epochal
[ˈɛ.pək.əl]
adj 2
Collocations
4ADJ.
great
VERB + EPOCHAL
challenge
EPOCHAL + NOUN
cancer, decade, event, proportions, tobacco
ADV.
equally, really
Definitions
adj
1
Of or pertaining to an epoch.
2
Highly important or significant; monumental, epoch-making.
But they were the great epochal design; their influence on locomotive development is felt to this day and their niche in railway history is secure.
It had been an epochal decade for cancer epidemiology, but equally, an epochal decade for tobacco.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — highly significant or important especially bringing about or
- epoch-making
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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But they were the great epochal design; their influence on locomotive development is felt to this day and their niche in railway history is secure.
Wiktionary02
It had been an epochal decade for cancer epidemiology, but equally, an epochal decade for tobacco.
Wiktionary03
The fall of the Berlin Wall was really an epochal event.
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Pope Francis has told the world's oil executives that a transition to less-polluting energy sources "is a challenge of epochal proportions."
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When the first planets outside our Solar System were discovered recently, it was an epochal event.
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