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Meaning of eternity | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Standard
ɪˈtɜː.nə.ti

Definitions

  1. Existence without end, infinite time.
    uncountable
  2. Existence without end, infinite time
  3. Existence outside of time.
    uncountable
  4. 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...
  5. Existence outside of time
  6. Time without beginning or end; infinite time.
  7. A period of time which extends infinitely far into the future.
    countable
  8. A period of time which extends infinitely far into the future
  9. The state or quality of being eternal.
  10. The remainder of time that elapses after death.
    countable, uncountable
  11. The remainder of time that elapses after death
  12. The timeless state following death.
  13. A comparatively long time.
    countable, excessive, informal, uncountable
  14. A comparatively long time
  15. A very long or seemingly endless time: waited in the dentist's office for an eternity.
  16. endless or infinite time
  17. the quality, state, or condition of being eternal
  18. (usually plural) any of the aspects of life and thought that are considered to be timeless, esp timeless and true
    usually plural
  19. (Theology) theol the condition of timeless existence, believed by some to characterize the afterlife
    theol
  20. a seemingly endless period of time: an eternity of waiting.

Equivalents

العربية أبد أبدية أزل الخلود خلود
Azərbaycanca daimlik əbədilik sonsuzluq
Беларуская ве́чнасць
Български вечност
Català eternitat
Čeština věčnost
Dansk evighed
Deutsch Ewigkeit
Esperanto eterneco eterno
Español eternidad
Français éternité
Gàidhlig sìorraidheachd
Galego eternidade
Bahasa Indonesia abadiah keabadian
Íslenska eilífð
Italiano eternità
ქართული მარადისობა
ខ្មែរ អនន្តភាព
한국어 무궁 억년 영구 영원
Latina aeternitās
Lingála libela
Latviešu mūžība
Македонски вечност
Polski wieczność
Português eternidade
Русский вечность
Српски večnost вечност
Tagalog walang-hanggan
Türkçe bengilik ebet ezel sonsuzluk
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.
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