Meaning

5 senses
  1. (uncountable)Existence without end, infinite time.

    Ewigkeit

    ве́чностьvéčnostʹ

    ві́чністьvíčnistʹ

    time without end

  2. (uncountable)Existence outside of time.

  3. (countable)A period of time which extends infinitely far into the future.

    Ewigkeit, Ewigkeit

    ве́чностьvéčnostʹ, ве́чностьvéčnostʹ

    ві́чністьvíčnistʹ

  4. (countable, uncountable)The remainder of time that elapses after death.

  5. (countable, excessive, informal, uncountable)A comparatively long time.

    It's been an eternity since we last saw each other.

    Ewigkeit

    ве́чностьvéčnostʹ

Examples

83 sentences
  1. I was kept waiting for an eternity.

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  2. It seemed like an eternity to me.

    ruМне это показалось вечностью.

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  3. Death is a general anaesthetic to spare you from eternity.

    Смерть — це загальна анастезія, що рятує від вічності.

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  4. Wisdom is a treasure for eternity.

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  5. Time is the sin of eternity.

    ruВремя - это грех вечности.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
infinite time:
Русский
By meaning 1
infinite time:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
infinite time:

Origin

From Middle English eternyte, from Old French eternité, from Latin aeternitās. Displaced n

From Middle English eternyte, from Old French eternité, from Latin aeternitās. Displaced native Old English ēcnes.

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Forms

plural: eternities
Singulareternity
Pluraleternities

regular

Synonyms

24 synonyms
time extending infinitely far into the future:foreverA2evermoreforeverhood
existence outside of time:atemporality
remainder of time that elapses after death:afterlife
infinite time:all time
comparatively long time:an age
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms
existence outside of time:sempiternity

Word family

16 related words

See also

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