world-shaking
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7.2
- adjective
- /ˈwɜrldˌʃeɪkɪŋ/
- The invention of the internet was a world-shaking development that transformed global communication.
- a world-shaking event
- world-shaking importance
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- Even a half a standard deviation would be world shaking because there are many social problems.
Examples
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Despite the limitations, the bishops' document represents an admirable attentiveness to an issue of world-shaking importance in the light of one group's particular tradition.
Academic text (1992) -
Why don't you provide me with an example of these world-shaking revelations we didn't know about?
Blog text (26) -
It's not as world-shaking and changing as perhaps you expect it to be.
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Even a half a standard deviation would be world shaking because there are many social problems.
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No effort is made to emphasize the world-shaking importance of the learning experiment; rather, it is presented as a straightforward, simple study.
Blog text (9) -
I know you're busy, but trust me, I'm talking about a world-shaking turn of events here.
Fiction book (1999) -
It is a lesson on how the popular press overblows interesting scientific findings into world-shaking discoveries.
Blog text (2) -
The story still doesn't have the world-shaking implications common to previous League-formative tales, but in hindsight that's OK.
Blog text (6) -
The agreement to reduce nuclear weapons was seen as a world-shaking achievement for international peace.
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The discovery of a cure for a major disease would be a world-shaking moment in medical history.
Synonyms
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6.1
Very important and surprising in a way that changes what happens
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4.6
Something that has a big effect and changes how things work
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7.2
Very important and likely to cause big changes
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7.0
Very important and likely to change many things
Antonyms
How Significant
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- Formal
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∞
2.5
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3.7
497
2.4
20
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
World-shaking comes from the simple parts world and shake, so imagine an event that 'shakes' the whole earth like a giant earthquake. That's why world-shaking means something with a very large effect that can change the whole world.