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Noun: eternity  i'tur-ni-tee
  1. Time without end
    "Some believe the universe will expand for eternity";
    - infinity
     
  2. 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
     
  3. 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