Noun: eternity i'tur-ni-tee
- Time without end
"Some believe the universe will expand for eternity";
- infinity
- A state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife
"Many spiritual traditions teach that the soul experiences eternity after death";
- timelessness, timeless existence
- A seemingly endless time interval (waiting)
"The meeting seemed to last for an eternity"
Derived forms: eternities
Type of: being, beingness, existence, face of the earth, interval, time, time interval
Encyclopedia: Eternity, in Your Arms