eternity

e·ter·ni·ty  (-tûrn-t)

n. pl. e·ter·ni·ties

1. Time without beginning or end; infinite time.

2. The state or quality of being eternal.

3.

a. The timeless state following death.

b. The afterlife; immortality.

4. A very long or seemingly endless time: waited in the dentist's office for an eternity.

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[Middle English eternite, from Old French, from Latin aeternits, from aeternus, eternal; see eternal.]

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eternity [ɪˈtɜːnɪtɪ]

n pl -ties

1. endless or infinite time

2. the quality, state, or condition of being eternal

3. (usually plural) any of the aspects of life and thought that are considered to be timeless, esp timeless and true

4. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) Theol the condition of timeless existence, believed by some to characterize the afterlife

5. a seemingly endless period of time an eternity of waiting

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	eternity - time without end                     infinity time - the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past alpha and omega - the first and last; signifies God's eternity
	2.	eternity - a state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife timeless existence, timelessness being, beingness, existence - the state or fact of existing; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries"
	3.	eternity - a seemingly endless time interval (waiting) interval, time interval - a definite length of time marked off by two instants

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eternity

noun

1. (Theology) the afterlife, heaven, paradise, the next world, the hereafter I have always found the thought of eternity terrifying.

2. perpetuity, immortality, infinity, timelessness, endlessness, infinitude, time without end the idea that our species will survive for all eternity

3. ages, years, an age, centuries, for ever (informal), aeons, donkey's years (informal), yonks (informal), a month of Sundays (informal), a long time or while, an age or eternity The war went on for an eternity.

Quotations
"Eternity's a terrible thought. I mean, where's it all going to end?" [Tom Stoppard Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead]
"Eternity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought!" [Joseph Addison Cato]
"Every instant of time is a pinprick of eternity" [Marcus Aurelius Meditations]
"Eternity is in love with the productions of time" [William Blake The Marriage of Heaven and Hell]

Translations

eternity [ɪˈtɜːnɪtɪ]

A. N → eternidad f
it seemed like an eternity → pareció una eternidad or un siglo

B. CPD eternity ring N → anillo m de brillantes

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eternity [ɪˈtɜː^rnɪti] n

(= endless time) → éternité f

(= very long time) for an eternity → une éternité
The war continued for an eternity → La guerre a duré une éternité.
It seemed to last for an eternity → Cela a duré une éternité.

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eternity

n (lit, fig: inf) → Ewigkeit f; (Rel: = the future life) → das ewige Leben; from here to eternity → bis in alle Ewigkeit; for all eternity → in alle Ewigkeit; it seemed an eternity → es kam mir wie eine Ewigkeit vor

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eternity [ɪˈtɜːnɪtɪ] n → eternità

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eternity [ɪˈtɜːnɪtɪ] n → eternità

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eternity → خُلود věčnost evighed Ewigkeit αιωνιότητα eternidad ikuisuus éternité vječnost eternità 永遠性 영원 eeuwigheid evighet wieczność eternidade вечность evighet นิรันดร sonsuz sự vĩnh viễn 永远