eternity, timelessness, timeless existence
(noun) a state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife
eternity, infinity
(noun) time without end
eternity
(noun) a seemingly endless time interval (waiting)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
eternity (countable and uncountable, plural eternities)
(uncountable) Existence without end, infinite time.
(uncountable, philosophy) Existence outside of time.
(countable) A period of time which extends infinitely far into the future.
(metaphysical) The remainder of time that elapses after death.
(informal, hyperbole) A comparatively long time.
• In the sense "a comparatively long time", eternity is always used with the indefinite article (an eternity).
• In philosophy, the common use of eternity to refer to an infinite time is considered incorrect, eternity referring to existence outside of time; existence within time but of an infinite temporal duration is called everlastingness or sempiternity
• (existence outside of time): atemporality, eternal now, extratemporality; see also timelessness
• (infinite time): all time, perpetuity; see also eternity
• (time extending infinitely far into the future): evermore, forever, foreverhood
• (remainder of time that elapses after death): afterlife; see also life after death
• (comparatively long time): an age, ages, centuries, donkey's years, hours, a lifetime, years, yonks; see also eon
• (existence outside of time): sempiternity
• entierty, entirety, tenerity
Source: Wiktionary
E*ter"ni*ty, n.; pl. Eternities. Etym: [F. éternité, L. aeternitas, fr. aeternus. See Etern.]
1. Infinite duration, without beginning in the past or end in the future; also, duration without end in the future; endless time. The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity. Is. lvii. 15.
2. Condition which begins at death; immortality. Thou know'st 't is common; all that lives must die, Passing through nature to eternity. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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