earthshaking

Thân thiện

The scientist made an earthshaking discovery that changed our understanding of the universe.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Of world-shaking importance: Having consequences or significance so great that they affect the entire world; momentous on a global scale.
   • Extremely loud: Producing a sound or vibration so powerful it seems capable of shaking the ground.

Usage

• As an adjective describing importance: Used to describe events, discoveries, or decisions of profound, transformative, and global significance.
• As an adjective describing sound or force: Used to describe a noise or impact of immense, ground-shaking power. This usage is often hyperbolic.

Examples

• Describing importance:
  • The scientist's earthshaking discovery about dark energy changed our understanding of the universe.
  • The treaty was an earthshaking agreement that ended decades of conflict.
• Describing sound/force (often hyperbolic):
  • The earthshaking roar of the volcano could be heard for miles.
  • The bass from the concert speakers was absolutely earthshaking.

Advanced Usage

• Figurative Use: Often used figuratively to emphasize extreme importance or impact within a specific field or community, not literally the entire planet.
  • Her earthshaking performance in the finals earned her a gold medal.
• Journalistic/Hyperbolic Language: Frequently found in headlines or dramatic writing to capture attention.
  • The company announced earthshaking changes to its corporate structure.

Variants and Related Words

• World-shaking (adj): Synonymous with the "important" sense; having worldwide impact.
• World-shattering (adj): Synonymous with the "important" sense, often implying a disruptive or revolutionary impact.
• Groundbreaking (adj): Innovatively important, often the first of its kind. (Less focused on global scale than "earthshaking").
• Epoch-making (adj): Significant enough to define or begin a new historical period.

Synonyms

• Momentous: Of great importance or significance.
• Seismic: Relating to earthquakes or, figuratively, to a great upheaval or change.
• Monumental: Great in importance, extent, or size.
• Thunderous: Extremely loud (for the "sound" sense).

Antonyms

• Insignificant: Too small or unimportant to be worth consideration.
• Trivial: Of little value or importance.
• Quiet: Making little or no noise.
• Minor: Lesser in importance, size, or degree.

Idioms and Phrases

• An earthshaking event: A standard phrase to denote a happening of supreme importance.
  • The fall of the Berlin Wall was an earthshaking event in modern history.
• Earthshaking news: Information that is profoundly surprising and consequential.
  • They received earthshaking news about the merger.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. sufficiently significant to affect the whole world
   • earthshaking proposals
   • the contest was no world-shaking affair
   • the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering
2. loud enough to shake the very earth

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• world-shaking
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