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   eternity

   /ɪˈtəːnɪti/

   noun

   • 1. infinite or unending time: "their love was sealed for eternity" Similar everall timeperpetuity
   • ▪ a state to which time has no application; timelessness: "the encounter between time and eternity"
   • ▪ endless life after death: "immortal souls destined for eternity" Similar the afterlifeeverlasting lifelife after deaththe life to comethe life hereafterthe hereafterthe world hereafterthe afterworldthe next worldthe beyondheavenparadisenirvanaimmortalityOpposite limbohell
   • ▪ used euphemistically to refer to death: "he could have crashed the car and taken them both to eternity"
   • ▪ a period of time that seems very long, especially on account of being tedious or annoying: "a silence that lasted an eternity" Similar a long timean ageages (and ages)a timea lifetimehoursdaysmonthsyearsaeonshours/days/months on enda month of Sundaysthe duration(seemingly) foreverinformal:yonksdonkey's yearsOpposite instant

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French eternite, from Latin aeternitas, from aeternus ‘without beginning or end’ (see eternal).

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishETERNITY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   ETERNITY definition: 1. time that never ends or that has no limits: 2. a very long time: 3. time that never ends or…. Learn more.

3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › eternityEternity Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of ETERNITY is the quality or state of being eternal. How to use eternity in a sentence.

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › EternityEternity - Wikipedia

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   Eternity, in common parlance, is an infinite amount of time that never ends or the quality, condition or fact of being everlasting or eternal. Classical philosophy, however, defines eternity as what is timeless or exists outside time, whereas sempiternity corresponds to infinite duration.

5. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › eternityEternity - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   Eternity means "time without end, or infinity," like people who promise to love one another for eternity — they aren't planning to ever split up. When you put the word an before eternity, you can use it to describe a very long — too long — period of time, so that you can use it to complain.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › eternityETERNITY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   ETERNITY meaning: 1. time that never ends or that has no limits: 2. a very long time: 3. time that never ends or…. Learn more.

7. www.collinsdictionary.com › english › eternityETERNITY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   Eternity is time without an end, or a state of existence outside time, especially the state which some people believe they will pass into after they have died. I have always been frightened by the idea of eternity.

8. www.dictionary.com › browse › eternityETERNITY Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   Eternity definition: infinite time; duration without beginning or end.. See examples of ETERNITY used in a sentence.