epoch-making

[ ep-uhk-mey-king or, especially British, ee-pok- ]

/ ˈɛp əkˌmeɪ kɪŋ or, especially British, ˈi pɒk- /

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adjective

opening a new era, as in human history, thought, or knowledge; epochal: an epoch-making discovery.

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Origin of epoch-making

First recorded in 1870–75

Words nearby epoch-making

e pluribus unum, EPNS, EPO, epoch, epochal, epoch-making, epode, epoetin alfa, eponychium, eponym, eponymous

How to use epoch-making in a sentence

This epoch-making invention, introduced in 1832, rendered possible extraordinary developments.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller
These opportunities in my case were to be the authorship of an epoch-making novel, or a great drama, or some similar masterpiece.
The Idyl of Twin Fires|Walter Prichard Eaton
Until science made a few epoch-making discoveries the mosquito prevented some of the mightiest works.
The Red Cow and Her Friends|Peter McArthur
In 1884, by the way, Koch made another epoch-making and beneficent discovery, and isolated the bacillus of cholera.
Invention|Bradley A. Fiske

The disaster became the great epoch-making event for Jewish history and literature.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 4|Various

British Dictionary definitions for epoch-making

epoch-making

adjective

of great importance; momentous

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