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

Noun

pl -ties

1. endless or infinite time

2. a seemingly endless period of time: it seemed an eternity before he could feel his heart beating again

3. the timeless existence after death

4. the state of being eternal

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. the afterlife, heaven, paradise, the next world, the hereafter

noun 2. perpetuity, immortality, infinity, timelessness, endlessness, infinitude, time without end

noun 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

Translations

eternity [ɪˈtəːnɪtɪ] n → eternidad f

eternity [ɪˈtəːnɪtɪ] n → éternité f

eternity [ɪˈtəːnɪtɪ] n → Ewigkeit f

eternity [ɪˈtəːnɪtɪ] n → eternità