epochal

UK [ˈɛ.pək.əl] US [ˈɛ.pək.əl]

adj 2

Definitions

adj

Of or pertaining to an epoch.

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.

ADJ.

great

VERB + EPOCHAL

challenge

EPOCHAL + NOUN

cancer, decade, event, proportions, tobacco

ADV.

equally, really

adjective — highly significant or important especially bringing about or

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.

Wiktionary

It had been an epochal decade for cancer epidemiology, but equally, an epochal decade for tobacco.

Wiktionary

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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i Register

In some senses, epochal is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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