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eternity

eternity (countable and uncountable; plural eternities)

1. (uncountable) Existence without end, infinite time.
   • 1829, John Wesley, Sermon LVIII: On the Eternity of God, in Sermons on Several Occasions, Volume 2, 10th edition, page 1,

     Eternity has generally been considered as divisible into two parts; which have been termed, eternity a parte ante, and eternity a parte post: that is, in plain English, that eternity which is past, and that eternity which is to come.

   • 1886, Augustus Hopkins Strong, Systematic Theology: a Compendium and Commonplace-book Designed for the Use of Theological Students, page 190,

     This theory regards creation as an act of God in eternity past.

   • 2000, Thomas Boston, Human Nature in Its Fourfold State, page 247,

     Those who like not the company of the saints on earth will get none of it in eternity; but, as godless company is their delight now, they will afterwards get enough of it, when they have eternity to pass in the roaring and blaspheming society of devils and reprobates in hell.

2. (uncountable) (philosophy) existence outside of time (compare sempiternity).
   • 1879, Erastus Snow, Rest Signifies Change, etc., published in 1881, Brigham Young (editor) Journal of Discourses, Volume 21,

     We sometimes speak of eternity in contradistinction to time; and often say, ""through time and into eternity;"" and again ""from eternity to eternity,"" which is simply another form of expressing the same idea, and ""pass through time into eternity."" in other words, time is a short period allotted to man in his probationary state—and we use the word time in contradistinction to the word eternity, merely for the accommodation of man in his finite sphere, that we may comprehend and learn to measure periods.

3. (countable) A period of time which extends infinitely far into the future.
4. (metaphysical) The remainder of time that elapses after death.
5. (informal, hyperbolic) A comparatively long time.

   Its been an eternity since we last saw each other.

Definizione dizionario eternity

	eternità
	time extending infinitely far into the future
	period of time that elapses after death
	infinite time
	informal: a comparatively long time
	A state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife.

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Altri significati:

(uncountable) (philosophy) existence outside of time (compare sempiternity)

(metaphysical) The remainder of time that elapses after death.

(uncountable) Existence without end, infinite time.

(countable) A period of time which extends infinitely far into the future.

Time without end.

(informal, hyperbole) A comparatively long time.