epochal
pronunciation
How to pronounce epochal in British English:
UK ['epəkəl]
How to pronounce epochal in American English:
US ['epəkəl]
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- Adjective:
- highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era
Word Origin
- epochal (adj.)
- 1680s, from epoch + -al (1).
Example
- 1. A ten-minute clip that speaks of epochal change .
- 2. Will the election of mr obama prove to be another epochal event ?
- 3. Russia has chosen to put itself on the wrong side of this epochal change .
- 4. All this he laid out in a long-delayed and epochal speech in london on january 23rd .
- 5. Freer trade and the epochal joining of a couple billion chinese and others into the global division of labor played a role .