Eternal

Word ETERNAL
Character 7
Hyphenation e ter nal
Pronunciations /ɪˈtɜːnəl/

Definitions and meanings of "Eternal"

What do we mean by eternal?

Being without beginning or end. adjective

Continuing without interruption; perpetual: synonym: continual. adjective

Seemingly endless; interminable. adjective

Something timeless, uninterrupted, or endless. noun

God. Used with the. noun

Existing without beginning or end of existence; existing throughout all time.

Having a beginning but no end of existence or duration; everlasting; endless; imperishable: as, eternal fame.

In a special metaphysical use, existing outside of all relations of time; independent of all time-conditions; not temporal.

By hyperbole, having no recognized or perceived end of existence; indefinite in duration; perpetual; ceaseless; continued without intermission.

“married to immortal verse,”

It is sometimes applied to God (1 Tim. i. 17). Perpetual points to the future, and applies especially to that which is established: as, a perpetual covenant, desolation, feud. It is freely applied to anything that lasts indefinitely. All the four words are often used by hyperbole for that which has long duration. See incessant.

That which is everlasting. noun

Eternity. noun

One of the appellations of God. noun

That which is endless and immortal. noun

Without beginning or end of existence; always existing. adjective

Without end of existence or duration; everlasting; endless; immortal. adjective

Continued without intermission; perpetual; ceaseless; constant. adjective

Existing at all times without change; immutable. adjective

One who lives forever; an immortal.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Eternal

The word "eternal" in example sentences

The august destiny of his own eternal city [observe -- '_eternal_,' not in virtue of history, but of prophecy, not upon the retrospect and the analogies of any possible experience, but by the necessity of an aboriginal doom], a city that was to be the centre of an empire whose circumference is everywhere, did not depend for any part of its majesty upon the meanness of its enemies; on the contrary, in the very grandeur of those enemies lay, by a rebound of the feelings inevitable to a Roman mind, the paramount grandeur of that awful Republic which had swallowed them all up. ❋ Thomas De Quincey (1822)

When we made that deal, I seem to remember the word eternal being in there, as in: eternal soul. ❋ Roseanne Barr (2011)

At my school, we say we teach what we call the eternal verities of journalism. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Although he desired, in some sense, to obtain what he called eternal life, the "joy thereof" had not been kindled in his cold, calculating heart. ❋ William Arnot (N/A)

Yet hold thou still, what world soe'er may roll Naught fear thee, with the Captain of thy soul; In all the eternal world, the cosmic stir, All the eternal is akin to her; She shall survive, and quick'n, and live at last When all, save souls, have perished in the blast. ❋ Unknown (1920)

The prophets of such a God take all the glow, all the hope, all the colour, all the worth, out of life on earth, and offer you instead what they call eternal bliss — a pale, tearless hell. ❋ 1824-1905 (1889)

He liked in a writer what he called the eternal spirit, that is, what makes his work valuable for all time. ❋ Frank Preston Stearns (1881)

Or rather let me say, the man feels in himself the elements of more, and not being able to grasp the notion of his own completeness, which is so far from him, transposes the feeling of growth and sets it beyond himself, translating it at the same time into an instinct of duration, a longing after what he calls eternal life. ❋ George MacDonald (1864)

The prophets of such a God take all the glow, all the hope, all the colour, all the worth, out of life on earth, and offer you instead what they call eternal bliss -- a pale, tearless hell. ❋ George MacDonald (1864)

Unless repented, it is punishable by eternal deprivation of the vision of God, which we call eternal death. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They are in eternal opposition, even when in office. ❋ Lorelei Kelly (2010)

Their final objective toward which all their deceit is directed is to capture political power so that, using the power of the state and the power of the market simultaneously, they may keep the common man in eternal subjection. ❋ Unknown (2010)

May God Bless Ted Kennedy, and may he rest in eternal peace. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Cross Reference for Eternal

What does eternal mean?

Best Free Book Reviews
Best IOS App Reviews