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game-changing

game-changing adjective: critical and having the potential to alter the overall outcome.

Adjective

game-changing (not comparable)

  1. (figuratively) Critical and having the potential to alter the overall outcome.
    • Our plan to transition from products to solutions is a game-changing moment for our company.
    • These trains are not only being keenly awaited by people in our city region, but also by rail experts aware of how game-changing these are for the industry.2019 October 23, Richard Clinnick, “Testing begins as Merseyrail moves closer to new '777s'”, in RAIL, number 890, page 28

Questions about game-changing

What does game-changing mean?
Game-changing means critical and having the potential to alter the overall outcome.
What part of speech is game-changing?
Game-changing is an adjective.

Words near game-changing in the dictionary

  1. game, set and match
  2. game, set, and match
  3. game, set, match
  4. game-changer
  5. game-changers
  6. game-changing
  7. game-end
  8. game-ended
  9. game-ending
  10. game-ends
  11. game-filled

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