| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | e·ter·nal |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -tûr n l |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Being without beginning or end; existing outside of time. See synonyms at infinite. 2. Continuing without interruption; perpetual. 3. Forever true or changeless: eternal truths. 4. Seemingly endless; interminable. See synonyms at ageless. , continual. 5. Of or relating to spiritual communion with God, especially in the afterlife. | | NOUN: | 1. Something timeless, uninterrupted, or endless. 2. Eternal God. Used with the. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin aetern lis, from Latin aeternus. See aiw- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | e ter·nali·ty ( tr-n l-t) , e·ternal·ness —NOUN
e·ternal·ly —ADVERB
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