eternity definition - Dictionary

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e·ter·ni·ty [ i túrnətee ]

noun

Definition:

1. infinite time: time without beginning or end

lost for all eternity

2. timelessness: the condition, quality, or fact of being without beginning or end

3. religion timelessness after death: a timeless state conceived as being experienced after death

4. very long time: a very long or seemingly very long period of time

It will take an eternity to put it together again.

plural noun e·ter·ni·ties

Definition:

truths said to be eternal: beliefs or ideas about life that are conceived as being timeless

[14th century. Via French< Latin aeternitas< aeternus (see eternal)]

Cultural Note


	From Here to Eternity, a movie (1953) by director Fred Zinnemann. Based on James Jones's 1951 novel of the same name, it depicts the lives of U.S. military personnel in Hawaii immediately prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor. It is perhaps best remembered for a scene in which Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr embrace in the surf.