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eternal

//ɪˈtɜː.nl̩//

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Note for eternal

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Forms

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Comparative
more eternal
Superlative
most eternal

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural
eternals

Definitions

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

  1. 1.Lasting forever; unending.

    • But here again it is another question, quite different from our having an idea of eternity, to know whether there were any real being, whose duration has been eternal.

  2. 2.Existing outside time; as opposed to sempiternal, existing within time but everlastingly.

  3. 3.Constant; perpetual; ceaseless; ever-present.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 1.One who lives forever; an immortal.

Frequency

Overall

Rare· #4835

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Rare
General reading & writing
Rare
Academic
Rare
Literature
Rare

Etymology

From Middle English eternal, from Old French eternal, from Late Latin aeternālis, from Latin aeternus (“eternal”), from aevum (“age”).

Displaced native Old English ēċe.

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