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Meaning of "eternity" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ETERNITY

eternity  [ɪˈtɜːnɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ETERNITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Eternity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ETERNITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

eternity

Eternity

Eternity is endless time. In philosophy and mathematics, an infinite duration is also called sempiternity, or everlasting. Eternity is an important concept in many religions, where the immortality of God or the gods is said to endure eternally. Some, such as Aristotle, would say the same about the natural cosmos in regard to both past and future eternal duration, and like the eternal Platonic Forms, immutability was considered essential.

Definition of eternity in the English dictionary

The first definition of eternity in the dictionary is endless or infinite time. Other definition of eternity is the quality, state, or condition of being eternal. Eternity is also any of the aspects of life and thought that are considered to be timeless, esp timeless and true.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ETERNITY


amenity
əˈmiːnɪtɪ
coeternity
ˌkəʊɪˈtɜːnɪtɪ
community
kəˈmjuːnɪtɪ
confraternity
ˌkɒnfrəˈtɜːnɪtɪ
diuturnity
ˌdaɪjʊˈtɜːnɪtɪ
equal-opportunity
ˌiːkwəlˌɒpəˈtjuːnɪtɪ
eviternity
ˌiːvɪˈtɜːnɪtɪ
fraternity
frəˈtɜːnɪtɪ
immunity
ɪˈmjuːnɪtɪ
impunity
ɪmˈpjuːnɪtɪ
interfraternity
ˌɪntəfrəˈtɜːnɪtɪ
maternity
məˈtɜːnɪtɪ
modernity
mɒˈdɜːnɪtɪ
opportunity
ˌɒpəˈtjuːnɪtɪ
paternity
pəˈtɜːnɪtɪ
quaternity
kwəˈtɜːnɪtɪ
sempiternity
ˌsɛmpɪˈtɜːnɪtɪ
subalternity
ˌsʌbɔːlˈtɜːnɪtɪ
taciturnity
ˌtæsɪˈtɜːnɪtɪ
unity
ˈjuːnɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ETERNITY

etepimeletic
eternal
Eternal City
eternal triangle
eternalisation
eternalise
eternalist
eternality
eternalization
eternalize
eternally
eternalness
eterne
eternisation
eternise
eternities
eternity ring
eternization
eternize
etesian

WORDS THAT END LIKE ETERNITY

affinity
Christianity
dignity
divinity
equal opportunity
femininity
gated community
Holy Trinity
humanity
indemnity
infinity
insanity
profanity
sanity
serenity
trinity
vanity
vicinity
virginity
yachting fraternity

Synonyms and antonyms of eternity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ETERNITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «eternity» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of eternity

Translation of «eternity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ETERNITY

Find out the translation of eternity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of eternity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «eternity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

永远
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

eternidad
570 millions of speakers

English

eternity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अनंत काल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خُلُود
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вечность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

eternidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনন্তকাল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

éternité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Keabadian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ewigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

永遠性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

영원
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kalanggengan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự vĩnh viễn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நித்தியம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनंतकाळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sonsuzluk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

eternità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wieczność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вічність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

eternitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αιωνιότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ewigheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

evighet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

evighet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of eternity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ETERNITY»

The term «eternity» is very widely used and occupies the 14.663 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ETERNITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «eternity» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «eternity» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about eternity

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10 QUOTES WITH «ETERNITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word eternity.
1
Henry Adams
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.
2
Sri Aurobindo
She saw the myriad gods, and beyond God his own ineffable eternity; she saw that there were ranges of life beyond our present life, ranges of mind beyond our present mind and above these she saw the splendors of the spirit.
3
Drew Barrymore
I don't even have voice mail or answering machines anymore. I hate the phone, and I don't want to call anybody back. If I go to hell, it will be a small closet with a telephone in it, and I will be doomed and destined for eternity to return phone calls.
4
Boris Becker
So this is it. Match point for eternity.
5
David A. Bednar
Obedience to the law of chastity will increase our happiness in mortality and make possible our progress in eternity.
6
William Blake
To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palms of your hand and eternity in an hour.
7
Jakob Bohme
We are children of the eternity: But this world is an out-birth out of the eternal; and its palpability taketh its original in the anger; the eternal nature is its root.
8
James Buchan
For 50 years, nuclear power stations have produced three products which only a lunatic could want: bomb-explosive plutonium, lethal radioactive waste and electricity so dear it has to be heavily subsidised. They leave to future generations the task, and most of the cost, of making safe sites that have been polluted half-way to eternity.
9
Leo Buscaglia
What love we've given, we'll have forever. What love we fail to give, will be lost for all eternity.
10
Donald Cargill
It is long since I could have adventured on eternity, through God's mercy and Christ's merits; but death remained somewhat terrible, and that now is taken away; and now death is no more to me, but to cast myself into my husband's arms, and to lie down with Him.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ETERNITY»

Discover the use of eternity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to eternity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Edge of Eternity: Book Three of The Century Trilogy
From the opulent offices of the most powerful world leaders to the shabby apartments of those trying to begin a new empire, from the elite clubs of the wealthy and highborn to the passionate protests of a country’s most marginalized ...
Ken Follett, 2014
2
Driven by Eternity: Making Your Life Count Today & Forever
Drawing on the principles in 2 Corinthians 5:911, John Bevere reminds us that all believers will stand before God and receive what they have earned in life.
John Bevere, 2006
3
From here to eternity
Two young soldiers and the women they love are caught up in the events preceding the bombing of Pearl Harbor From the Paperback edition.
James Jones, 1998
4
Money, Possessions, and Eternity
In this thoroughly researched and extensively updated classic, Randy Alcorn shows us how to view them accurately--as God's provision for our good, the good of others, and his glory.
Randy Alcorn, 2011
5
Eternity
Carrie Montgomery had grown up with seven adoring older brothers, and she was used to getting her way rather easily.
Jude Deveraux, 2004
6
The End of Eternity
Andrew Harlan, an Eternal, falls in love with Noys Lambert, who lives in real time, but when he tries to make her an Eternal, he is faced with a crucial decision about the destruction of Eternity.
Isaac Asimov, 2011
7
Eternity: Reclaiming a Passion for What Endures
Eternity Many Christians become disillusioned as their quest for peace and pleasure on this earth fills them with despair.
Joseph M. Stowell, 2006
8
Eternity
Multiple Nebula and Hugo Award winner Greg Bear returns to the Earth of his acclaimed novel Eon—a world devastated by nuclear war.
Greg Bear, 2014
9
Eternity in Their Hearts: Startling Evidence of Belief in ...
Don Richardson, author of the best - selling book Peace Child, has studied cultures throughout the world and found within hundreds of them startling evidence of belief in the one true God.
Don Richardson, 2010
10
From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time
From Eternity to Here is no less than the next step toward understanding how we came to exist, and a fantastically approachable read that will appeal to a broad audience of armchair physicists, and anyone who ponders the nature of our world ...
Sean Carroll, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ETERNITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term eternity is used in the context of the following news items.
1
JCB International to Launch First JCB Eternity Card with Hua Nan …
Hua Nan's new JCB Eternity card is designed for Taiwan's affluent segment, with the high-quality services meeting market's needs and lifestyle, ... «ACN Newswire, Jul 15»
2
Calvin Williams: Where will you spend eternity?
The harvest is past, the summer is ended and we are not saved — Jeremiah 8:20. The Bible says that it's difficult to resist God, and we might ... «Alexandria Town Talk, Jul 15»
3
Three Seconds Has Become an Eternity in the Chinese Stock Market
Three Seconds Has Become an Eternity in the Chinese Stock Market. by Eduard Gismatullin. July 2, 2015 — 9:00 AM PDT Updated on July 3, 2015 — 1:38 AM ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
4
The Battlefield of Eternity is one of Heroes of the Storm's greatest maps
See, because Battlefield of Eternity is actually the first Heroes of the Storm map to be based on one of their massive franchises, it's much more ... «PCGamesN, Jul 15»
5
Hollowpoint and Pillars of Eternity: The White March – Part 1 Look to …
Recently, I went hands on with two of these titles, Hollowpoint and Pillars of Eternity: The White March – Part 1. Hollowpoint is a 2.5D shooter. «Hardcore Gamer, Jul 15»
6
For All Eternity Premieres New Music Video "Metanoia"
Sydney-based melodic metalcore band For All Eternity premieres a brand new music video for the title track to their latest album "Metanoia", ... «Metal Underground, Jul 15»
7
INKED FOR ETERNITY Shares Journey of Heartache, Depression …
Under a deep blue eternity... flowers bloomed, colorful and vivid, beyond human description...eternity put everything into perspective. «Broadway World, Jul 15»
8
Heroes Of The Storm Adds The Butcher, Battlefield of Eternity Today
Battlefield of Eternity is a two-lane Battleground with a dueling angel and demon at the center. Players can aid their team's immortal in the fight. «Cinema Blend, Jun 15»
9
For $350K You Can Spend Eternity In Manhattan
They wanted a family reunion that would last an eternity. New York Marble Cemetery was “the resting place of gentlemen,” or so it was billed by ... «Gothamist, Jun 15»
10
OUR VIEW: State budget: From here to eternity
“There are still six days in the fiscal year, and in Springfield that's an eternity,” the 30-year veteran of Illinois budget wars told the Chicago ... «The Times, Jun 15»

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