eranoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɪə.rə/us/ˈɪr.ə/B2 a period of time of which particular events or stages of development are typical:
the Jefferson era
a bygone (= past) era
the post-war era
They had worked for peace during the long era of conflict.
The fall of the Berlin wall marked the end of an era.
More examples
- The present political system is a hangover from the colonial era.
- He remembers the 1960s as being an era of sexual permissiveness.
- The president's speech heralds a new era in foreign policy.
- We are on the threshold of a new era in European relations.
- The era was characterized by political and cultural turbulence.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Long periods of time
- -athon
- aeon
- age
- donkey
- donkey's years idiom
- eon
- epoch
- eternity
- good
- month
- not in a month of Sundays idiom
- yonks