noun

eternity

ih-TUR-nih-tee

noun

Time without end; existence that never stops.

"Some faiths teach that the soul lives on for eternity."

An amount of time that feels endlessly long.

"Waiting for the results felt like an eternity."

"We sat in traffic for what seemed like an eternity."

How to Use Eternity

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishTime that never ends, or a stretch of time that feels like it never will.

Common pairings

for all eternity feels like an eternity an eternity of waiting

eternities plural

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From Old French eternité, from Latin aeternitās, from aeternus (\"eternal\").

eternal now extratemporality perpetuity ages centuries donkey's years hours years a lifetime yonks alwaysness eternality

sempiternity moment

forever years Moment perpetuity

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eternal now extratemporality perpetuity ages centuries donkey's years hours years a lifetime yonks alwaysness eternality