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e·ter·nal

(ĭ-tûr′nəl)

adj.

1. Being without beginning or end: belief in an eternal creator.

a. Continuing without interruption; perpetual: earned my eternal gratitude. See Synonyms at continual.

b. Seemingly endless; interminable: eternal waiting at the airport.

1. Something timeless, uninterrupted, or endless: "Shall we speak of universals and eternals?" (Cynthia Ozick).

2. Eternal God. Used with the.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin aeternālis, from Latin aeternus; see aiw- in Indo-European roots.]

e′ter·nal′i·ty (ē′tər-năl′ĭ-tē), e·ter′nal·ness n.

e·ter′nal·ly adv.

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eternal

(ɪˈtɜːnəl)

adj

a. without beginning or end; lasting for ever: eternal life.

b. (as noun): the eternal.

2. (Theology) (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]

ˌeterˈnality, eˈternalness n

eˈternally adv

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e•ter•nal

(ɪˈtɜr nl)

adj.

1. without beginning or end; lasting forever; always existing: eternal life.

2. perpetual; ceaseless; endless: eternal chatter.

3. enduring; immutable: eternal principles.

4. existing outside all relations of time; not subject to change.

5. something eternal.

6. the Eternal, God.

[1350–1400; < Late Latin aeternālis (see eterne)]

e•ter•nal•i•ty (ˌi tɜrˈnæl ɪ ti) e•ter′nal•ness, n.

e•ter′nal•ly, adv.

syn: 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. perpetual implies continuous renewal far into the future: perpetual strife between nations.

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Adj.	1.	eternal - continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven" everlasting, perpetual, unceasing, unending, ageless, eonian, aeonian lasting, permanent - continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place; "permanent secretary to the president"; "permanent address"; "literature of permanent value"
	2.	eternal - tiresomely long; seemingly without end; "endless debates"; "an endless conversation"; "the wait seemed eternal"; "eternal quarreling"; "an interminable sermon" endless, interminable long - primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified; "a long life"; "a long boring speech"; "a long time"; "a long friendship"; "a long game"; "long ago"; "an hour long"

eternal

adjective

1. everlasting, lasting, permanent, enduring, endless, perennial, perpetual, timeless, immortal, unending, unchanging, immutable, indestructible, undying, without end, unceasing, imperishable, deathless, sempiternal (literary) the quest for eternal youth
everlasting changing, transient, ephemeral, transitory, perishable, evanescent

2. interminable, constant, endless, abiding, infinite, continual, immortal, never-ending, everlasting, ceaseless, unremitting, deathless In the background was that eternal humming noise.
interminable rare, fleeting, occasional, random, mortal, irregular, temporal, finite, infrequent

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eternal

adjective

1. Without beginning or end:

infinite, sempiternal.

2. Existing or occurring without interruption or end:

3. Existing unchanged forever:

ageless, dateless, timeless.

Archaic: eterne.

4. Enduring for all time:

amaranthine, ceaseless, endless, everlasting, immortal, never-ending, perpetual, unending, world without end.

Archaic: eterne.

Translations

خالِدخالِد، أبَديلا تتَوَقَّف، دائِمَه

věčný

evigevindelig

ewig unaufhörlich

αιώνιος

eterno constante eternal

ikuinenpäättymätön

éternel éternelle intemporel permanent perpétuel

vječan

eilífur

eterno

永遠の

영원한

amžinaiamžinybė

mūžīgsnepārtrauktspastāvīgs

eeuwig

evig evinnelig endeløs

wieczny

eterno

вечный

večen

evig

ที่อยู่ชั่วนิรันดร์

sonsuzbitmez tükenmezezelî ve ebedî

vĩnh viễn

无休止的永恒的永远的

eternal

[ɪˈtɜːnl]

A. ADJ

1. (= everlasting) [life, bliss] → eterno

2. (pej) (= incessant) → constante
in the background was that eternal hum → se oía aquel constante zumbido de fondo
can't you stop this eternal quarrelling? → ¿no podéis dejar de pelearos constantemente?

B. CPD the eternal triangle N → el triángulo amoroso

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

eternal

[ɪˈtɜː^rn^əl] adj

(= everlasting) [youth, life] → éternel(le)

(= basic) [truth, principle] → fondamental(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

eternal

adj

(= everlasting, immutable) → ewig; the Eternal City → die Ewige Stadt; the eternal triangle → das Dreiecksverhältnis

(= incessant) → endlos, ewig (inf); can’t you stop this eternal quarrelling? → könnt ihr nicht mit der ewigen Streiterei aufhören? (inf)

n the Eternal (Rel) → das Ewige; (= God) → der Ewige

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

eternal

[ɪˈtɜːnl] adj → eterno/a (pej) (complaints) → continuo/a
the eternal triangle → il classico triangolo

eternal

(iˈtəːnl) adjective

1. without end; lasting for ever; unchanging. God is eternal; eternal life.

2. never ceasing. I am tired of your eternal complaints.

eˈternally adverb

eˈternity noun

1. time without end.

2. a seemingly endless time. He waited for an eternity.

3. the state or time after death.

eternal

→ خالِد věčný evig ewig αιώνιος eterno ikuinen éternel vječan eterno 永遠の 영원한 eeuwig evig wieczny eterno вечный evig ที่อยู่ชั่วนิรันดร์ sonsuz vĩnh viễn 永恒的

eternal

a. eterno-a, inmortal, permanente.

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And they all struggled and suffered and tormented one another and injured their souls, their eternal souls, for the attainment of benefits which endure but for an instant.

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May they be decoyed out of this life by the "life eternal"!

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And chiefly Thou O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all Temples th' upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for Thou know'st; Thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread Dove-like satst brooding on the vast Abyss And mad'st it pregnant: What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support; That to the highth of this great Argument I may assert th' Eternal Providence, And justifie the wayes of God to men.

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The former measured all actions by the unalterable rule of right, and the eternal fitness of things; the latter decided all matters by authority; but in doing this, he always used the scriptures and their commentators, as the lawyer doth his Coke upon Lyttleton, where the comment is of equal authority with the text.

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"Young man," I cried in my heart, "what shall I do to inherit Eternal Youth?"

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And all my days are trances, And all my nightly dreams Are where thy dark eye glances, And where thy footstep gleams -- In what ethereal dances, By what eternal streams.

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Since we parted yesterday, I have received from indisputable authority such a history of you as must bring the most mortifying conviction of the imposition I have been under, and the absolute necessity of an immediate and eternal separation from you.

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SOME Holy Missionaries in China having been deprived of life by the Bigoted Heathens, the Christian Press made a note of it, and was greatly pained to point out the contrast between the Bigoted Heathens and the law-abiding countrymen of the Holy Missionaries who had wickedly been sent to eternal bliss.

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She justifies her action, asserting that she was bound to obey the eternal laws of right and wrong in spite of any human ordinance.

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Freighted with eternal principles Athwart the night's void, Where cloud masses darken, And the wind blows ceaseless around, Beyond the range of conceptions Let us gain the Centre, And there hold fast without violence, Fed from an inexhaustible supply.*

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"`God is a spirit, infinite, eternal and unchangeable, in His being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth,'" responded Anne promptly and glibly.

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Inasmuch as philosophers only are able to grasp the eternal and unchangeable, and those who wander in the region of the many and variable are not philosophers, I must ask you which of the two classes should be the rulers of our State?