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aeon

[ee-uhn, ee-on] / ˈi ən, ˈi ɒn /
NOUN
age
Synonyms
STRONGEST
century date day era generation life millennium
STRONG
duration epoch interim interval lifetime span
WEAK
blue moon
Antonyms
STRONG
continuation
NOUN
cycle
Synonyms
STRONGEST
course period revolution rhythm round series
STRONG
age alternation chain circle circuit eon loop orbit periodicity ring rotation run sequel sequence succession wheel
WEAK
isochronism
NOUN
donkey's years
Synonyms
WEAK
all one's born days eternity forever and a day long time month of Sundays right smart spell time immemorial time out of mind years on end
NOUN
eon
Synonyms
STRONG
ages years
WEAK
time period
NOUN
era
Synonyms
STRONGEST
age cycle day generation stage term time
STRONG
date days eon epoch
NOUN
eternity
Synonyms
STRONG
afterlife age ages endlessness everlastingness future immortality imperishability infiniteness infinitude infinity perpetuity timelessness
WEAK
all time blue moon dog's age endless time forever and a day kingdom come other world time without end wild blue yonder world without end
NOUN
period
Synonyms
STRONGEST
age course cycle date duration era season span stage stretch term time
STRONG
days epoch generation interval measure space spell while years
NOUN
sempiternity
Synonyms
STRONG
afterlife age ages endlessness everlastingness future immortality imperishability infiniteness infinitude infinity perpetuity timelessness
WEAK
blue moon dog's age endless time eternality eternalness forever and a day kingdom come other world time without end wild blue yonder world without end

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In the supercentenarian league – 110 and above – the three-year gap between her and Knauss might as well be an aeon.

From The Guardian • Nov. 30, 2019

So here's another important caveat: If a week is a long time in politics these days, a fortnight is an absolute aeon.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2018

Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images An aeon has passed, it seems, since last played a championship match at Hove.

From The Guardian • Aug. 1, 2012

The time frame matches Bottke’s model and corresponds to the Archaean aeon.

From Nature • Apr. 25, 2012

The form of this only true knowledge is subject to change; fresh 'mirrors' or 'portraits' are provided at the end of each recurring cosmic cycle or aeon.

From The Reconciliation of Races and Religions by Cheyne, Thomas Kelly

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