Meaning

6 senses
  1. Eternity, the duration of the universe.

    ве́чностьvéčnostʹ

  2. An immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time.

    an immeasurably long period of time

  3. (US, excessive, informal)A long period of time.

    It’s been eons since we last saw each other.

    ты́сяча летtýsjača let, целая ве́чностьcelaja véčnostʹ

    the longest division of geological time

  4. A period of one billion (short scale, i.e. 1,000,000,000) years; a gigayear.

  5. The longest geochronologic unit, being a period of hundreds of millions of years; subdivided into eras.

    Äon

    эо́нeón

  6. A spirit being emanating from the Godhead.

    эо́нeón

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Those days now feel like eons ago.

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  2. A beat of the wings, and eons are behind us!

    ruВзмах крыльев – и позади нас эоны!

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  3. There is evidence that water was abundant on Mars eons ago.

    deEs gibt Beweise, dass der Mars vor Äonen überreich an Wasser war.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
eternity:
informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time:
geochronologic unit:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
geochronologic unit:

Origin

From Latin aeon, from Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn, “age, era”).

From Latin aeon, from Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn, “age, era”).

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Forms

plural: eons

Synonyms

26 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe:aeon
  • an immeasurably long period of time:aeon
  • the longest division of geological time:aeon

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
eon — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto