Meaning of eternity | Babel Free
ɪˈtɜː.nə.tiDefinitions
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Existence without end, infinite time. uncountable
- Existence without end, infinite time
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Existence outside of time. uncountable
- ewigdurend أَبَدِيًّا жвечно eternamente věčně ewig evigt; evindeligt αιώνιαeternamente igavesti, lakkamatult بطور ابدی؛ همیشه ikuisesti éternellementלנצח अनन्त काल तक vječno örökkévaló módon, örökérvényűen secara kekal eilíflega, endalaust; sífellt, látlaust eternamente 永遠に 영원히 amžinai mūžīgi; pastāvīgi tanpa henti eeuwigi det uendelige, evig, evinneligwiecznie په ابدى ډول، دتل دپاره، تل تر تله eternamente veşnic, etern вечно večne večno neprestano evigt, evinnerligt อย่างชั่วนิรันดร์ sonsuz...
- Existence outside of time
- Time without beginning or end; infinite time.
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A period of time which extends infinitely far into the future. countable
- A period of time which extends infinitely far into the future
- The state or quality of being eternal.
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The remainder of time that elapses after death. countable, uncountable
- The remainder of time that elapses after death
- The timeless state following death.
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A comparatively long time. countable, excessive, informal, uncountable
- A comparatively long time
- A very long or seemingly endless time: waited in the dentist's office for an eternity.
- endless or infinite time
- the quality, state, or condition of being eternal
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(usually plural) any of the aspects of life and thought that are considered to be timeless, esp timeless and true usually plural
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(Theology) theol the condition of timeless existence, believed by some to characterize the afterlife theol
- a seemingly endless period of time: an eternity of waiting.
Equivalents
Беларуская
ве́чнасць
Български
вечност
Català
eternitat
Čeština
věčnost
Dansk
evighed
Deutsch
Ewigkeit
Español
eternidad
Français
éternité
Gàidhlig
sìorraidheachd
Galego
eternidade
Magyar
örökkévalóság
Հայերեն
հավերժություն
Íslenska
eilífð
Italiano
eternità
ქართული
მარადისობა
Қазақша
жойылмаушылық
ខ្មែរ
អនន្តភាព
Latina
aeternitās
Lingála
libela
Latviešu
mūžība
Македонски
вечност
Polski
wieczność
Português
eternidade
Русский
вечность
Tagalog
walang-hanggan
Українська
вічність
Tiếng Việt
thiên thu
Yorùbá
ayeraye
Examples
“Eternity has generally been considered as divisible into two parts; which have been termed, eternity a parte ante, and eternity a parte post: that is, in plain English, that eternity which is past, and that eternity which is to come.”
“This theory regards creation as an act of God in eternity past.”
“Those who like not the company of the saints on earth will get none of it in eternity; but, as godless company is their delight now, they will afterwards get enough of it, when they have eternity to pass in the roaring and blaspheming society of devils and reprobates in hell.”
“We sometimes speak of eternity in contradistinction to time; and often say, "through time and into eternity;" and again "from eternity to eternity," which is simply another form of expressing the same idea, and "pass through time into eternity." in other words, time is a short period allotted to man in his probationary state—and we use the word time in contradistinction to the word eternity, merely for the accommodation of man in his finite sphere, that we may comprehend and learn to measure periods.”
“Every niche was filled by a funeral urn, and by marble shapes that bent down in a pale eternity of sorrow.”
“When the wind blows not, where, then, is the wind? / Or when thou art not living, where art thou? / What should the wind care for the hours of calm or thou for death? / Thy life is long, Eternity is short. / So short that, shouldst thou die and Eternity should pass, and after the passing of Eternity thou shouldst live again, thou wouldst say: ‘I closed mine eyes but for an instant.’”
“It's been an eternity since we last saw each other.”
“I had to wait in the station for ten days - an eternity.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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