ETERNITY

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

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Etymology

Noun

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.

Usage notes

• 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

Synonyms

• (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

Antonyms

• (existence outside of time): sempiternity

Anagrams

• entierty, entirety, tenerity

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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