What is "eternal" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does eternal mean in English? Meaning of eternal definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "eternal" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "eternal": continuing forever or indefinitely

Adjective

  • Meaning: continuing forever or indefinitely
  • Example: the ageless themes of love and revenge eternal truths life everlasting hell's perpetual fires the unending bliss of heaven
  • Synonyms: aeonian ageless eonian eternal everlasting perpetual unceasing unending
  • Similar: lasting permanent
  • Meaning of "eternal": tiresomely long; seemingly without end

    Adjective

  • Meaning: tiresomely long; seemingly without end
  • Example: endless debates an endless conversation the wait seemed eternal eternal quarreling an interminable sermon
  • Synonyms: endless eternal interminable
  • Similar: long
  • Adjective: Lasting forever; unending. John Locke to know whether there were any real being, whose duration has been eternal Dryden Fires eternal in thy temple shine. 2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, The Onion AV Club: In a bid to understand the eternal mystery that is woman, Bart goes to the least qualified possible source for advice and counsel: his father, who remarkably seems to have made it to his mid-30s without quite figuring out much of anything.John Locke to know whether there were any real being, whose duration has been eternalDryden Fires eternal in thy temple shine.2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, The Onion AV Club: In a bid to understand the eternal mystery that is woman, Bart goes to the least qualified possible source for advice and counsel: his father, who remarkably seems to have made it to his mid-30s without quite figuring out much of anything.(philosophy) existing outside time; as opposed to sempiternal, existing within time but everlastingly(dated) Exceedingly great or bad; used as an intensifier. some eternal villain
  • Synonyms:

    constant, immortal, infinite, abiding, boundless, permanent, everlasting, immutable, unceasing, indestructible, never-ending, unending, enduring, unremitting, continual, interminable, perennial, perpetual, timeless, relentless, lasting, ageless, always, ceaseless, continuous, deathless, forever, immemorial, imperishable, incessant, indefinite, persistent, unbroken, undying, uninterrupted, amaranthine, dateless, illimitable, perdurable, continued, termless, unfading, without end,

    Antonyms:

    changeable, inconstant, concluding, interrupted, ephemeral, perishable, bounded, finite, fleeting, transient, temporary, halting, intermittent, changing, ending, stopping, terminable, terminating, destructible, limited, ceasing, brief,

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    eternal in English: eternal
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