HyperDic: epochal

English > 1 sense of the word epochal:
ADJECTIVEallepochal, epoch-makinghighly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era
epochal > pronunciation
Soundseh'pahkahl
Rhymesabdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl...
English > epochal: 1 sense > adjective 1
MeaningHighly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era.
Example"epochal decisions made by Roosevelt and Churchill"
Synonymepoch-making
Broadersignificant, importantImportant in effect or meaning / meaning
Nounsepocha period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event

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