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eternity
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eternity
(noun)
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eternity
/ɪ
ˈ
tɚnəti/
noun
eternity
/ɪ
ˈ
tɚnəti/
noun
Learner's definition of ETERNITY
1
[
noncount
]
:
time without an end
She promised to love him for all
eternity
. [=to love him forever]
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2
[
noncount
]
:
a state that comes after death and never ends
They believed that sinners would spend
eternity
in hell.
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3
[
singular
]
:
time that seems to be without an end
I waited (for) an
eternity
for my car to be fixed.
We suffered through an
eternity
of delays during the lawsuit.
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