eternity
pronunciation
How to pronounce eternity in British English:
UK [ɪˈtɜːnəti]
How to pronounce eternity in American English:
US [ɪˈtɜːrnəti]
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- Noun:
- time without end
- a state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife
- a seemingly endless time interval (waiting)
Word Origin
- eternity (n.)
- late 14c., "quality of being eternal," from Old French eternité "eternity, perpetuity" (12c.), from Latin aeternitatem (nominative aeternitas), from aeternus "enduring, permanent" (see eternal). Meaning "infinite time" is from 1580s. In the Mercian hymns, Latin aeternum is glossed by Old English ecnisse.
Example
- 1. The first question will determine where you spend eternity .
- 2. Hell is a place of loneliness for all eternity .
- 3. Imagine that you have eternity before you .
- 4. Is subjective consciousness of eternity not enough ?
- 5. I have known this bird for what seems an eternity .