eternity

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun time without end
noun a state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife
noun a seemingly endless time interval (waiting)

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

What an eternity of days, and all mine! — The Idiot, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
“Jim, have you been here long?” “An eternity. — Friday, the Thirteenth: A Novel, Thomas William Lawson
Time—where man lives not—what is it but eternity? — Twice-told tales, Nathaniel Hawthorne

infinity

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