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eternity

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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.

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

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. (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.

e•ter•ni•ty (ɪˈtɜr nɪ ti)

n., pl. -ties.
1. infinite time; duration without beginning or end.
2. eternal existence, esp. as contrasted with mortal life.
3. the timeless state into which the soul is believed to pass at death.
4. a seemingly endless period of time.
5. eternities, truths or realities regarded as timeless.
[1325–75; eternite < Latin aeternitās]
Thesaurus Legend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.eternity - time without endeternity - time without end                    
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
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

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. Neternidad f
it seemed like an eternitypareció una eternidad or un siglo
B. CPD eternity ring Nanillo m de brillantes

eternity [ɪˈtɜːrnɪti] 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.

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

eternity [ɪˈtɜːnɪtɪ] neternità

eternity خُلُود 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


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That part of Eternity with some small fraction of which we
She looked at me with that strange, unblinking gaze, and she thought and spoke with the slow deliberateness that characterized everything about her, as if well aware of an eternity that was hers and in which there was no need for haste.
He tried to dispel these thoughts, he tried to persuade himself that he was not living for this transient life, but for the life of eternity, and that there was peace and love in his heart.
 
 
 
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