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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024e•ter•nal /ɪˈtɜrnəl/USA pronunciation adj. - having no beginning or end;
lasting forever: the eternal movement of the planets. - perpetual;
constant: This eternal chatter is driving me crazy. - enduring;
long-lasting: eternal principles of truth.
e•ter•nal•ly, adv. 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 Being. 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 last through all future time: a promise of everlasting life. perpetual implies continuous renewal, a starting again and again, far into the future: perpetual strife between nations. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024e•ter•nal (i tûr′nl),USA pronunciation adj. - without beginning or end; lasting forever;
always existing (opposed to temporal):eternal life. - perpetual;
ceaseless;
endless:eternal quarreling; eternal chatter. - enduring;
immutable:eternal principles. - Philosophy[Metaphys.]existing outside all relations of time;
not subject to change.
n. - something that is eternal.
- the Eternal, God.
- Late Latin aeternālis, equivalent. to aetern(us) (see eterne) + -ālis -al1
- Middle English 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged 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.See corresponding entry in Unabridged timeless, immortal, deathless, undying, imperishable, indestructible.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged transitory.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged mutable.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: eternal /ɪˈtɜːnəl/ adj - without beginning or end; lasting for ever: eternal life
- (as noun): the eternal
- (often capital) denoting or relating to that which is without beginning and end, regarded as an attribute of God
- unchanged by time, esp being true or valid for all time; immutable: eternal truths
- seemingly unceasing; occurring again and again: eternal bickering
Etymology: 14th Century: from Late Latin aeternālis, from Latin aeternus; related to Latin aevum ageˌeterˈnality, eˈternalness n eˈternally adv |