e·ter·nal

[ih-tur-nl]
adjective
1.
without beginning or end; lasting forever; always existing ( opposed to temporal ): eternal life.
2.
perpetual; ceaseless; endless: eternal quarreling; eternal chatter.
3.
enduring; immutable: eternal principles.
4.
Metaphysics. existing outside all relations of time; not subject to change.
noun
5.
something that is eternal.
6.
the Eternal, God.
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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin aeternālis, equivalent to aetern(us) (see eterne) + -ālis -al1

e·ter·nal·i·ty [ee-tur-nal-i-tee] , e·ter·nal·ness, noun
e·ter·nal·ly, adverb
non·e·ter·nal, adjective
non·e·ter·nal·ly, adverb
non·e·ter·nal·ness, noun
pre·e·ter·nal, adjective
qua·si-e·ter·nal, adjective
qua·si-e·ter·nal·ly, adverb


1. permanent, unending. Eternal, endless, everlasting, perpetual imply lasting or going on without ceasing. That which is eternal is, by its nature, without beginning or end: God, the eternal Father. That which is endless never stops but goes on continuously as if in a circle: an endless succession of years. That which is everlasting will endure through all future time: a promise of everlasting life. Perpeptual implies continuous renewal as far into the future as one can foresee: perpetual strife between nations. 3. timeless, immortal, deathless, undying, imperishable, indestructible.


1. transitory. 3. mutable.
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eternal (ɪˈtɜːnəl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  a.  without beginning or end; lasting for ever: eternal life
 b.  (as noun): the eternal
2.  (often capital) denoting or relating to that which is without beginning and end, regarded as an attribute of God
3.  unchanged by time, esp being true or valid for all time; immutable: eternal truths
4.  seemingly unceasing; occurring again and again: eternal bickering
 
[C14: from Late Latin aeternālis, from Latin aeternus; related to Latin aevum age]
 
eter'nality
 
n
 
e'ternalness
 
n
 
e'ternally
 
adv

eternal (ɪˈtɜːnəl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  a.  without beginning or end; lasting for ever: eternal life
 b.  (as noun): the eternal
2.  (often capital) denoting or relating to that which is without beginning and end, regarded as an attribute of God
3.  unchanged by time, esp being true or valid for all time; immutable: eternal truths
4.  seemingly unceasing; occurring again and again: eternal bickering
 
[C14: from Late Latin aeternālis, from Latin aeternus; related to Latin aevum age]
 
eter'nality
 
n
 
e'ternalness
 
n
 
e'ternally
 
adv

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eternal
mid-14c. (in variant form eterne), from O.Fr. eternal, from L.L. aeternalis, from L. aeternus contraction of aeviternus "of great age," from aevum "age" (see eon). Related: Eternally.
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Example sentences
It's something that eternally worries me, but at the same time you have to
  suppress those thoughts.
May they eternally broil, by way of a warning to others.
Raise those rates and those who think that they can eternally live off rising
  home prices are in for quite a shocker.
The rapper epitomizes the eternally unruffled hustler who doesn't have to sweat
  to get what he wants, whenever he wants.
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