aevum — meaning in English

English meaning

• age noun The length of time someone or something has existed, usually counted in years.
• time noun The ongoing flow of existence in which events happen — what clocks and calendars measure in seconds, hours, days and years.

Senses

aevum is used for these senses in English:

• age (astrology) One of the twelve divisions of a Great Year, equal to roughly 2000 years and governed by one of the zodiacal signs; a Platonic month.
• time (physics, usually, uncountable) A dimension of spacetime with the opposite metric signature to space dimensions; the fourth dimension.
• time (countable) A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.

age — full definition

1. noun The length of time someone or something has existed, usually counted in years.
2. noun A particular period in history, especially one with distinct characteristics.
3. noun A long, often exaggerated, period of time.
4. verb To grow older, or to show signs of growing older.

time — full definition

1. noun The ongoing flow of existence in which events happen — what clocks and calendars measure in seconds, hours, days and years.
2. verb To measure how long something takes, or to choose the moment it happens.
3. intj A call announcing that a pause or break is over, or that closing time has arrived.

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