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eternity

/əˈtɜɹnəti/ sustantivo B1

En español: eternidad

  1. Existence without end, infinite time. (uncountable)
  2. Existence outside of time. (uncountable)
  3. A period of time which extends infinitely far into the future. (countable)
  4. The remainder of time that elapses after death. (countable, uncountable)
  5. A comparatively long time. (countable, informal, uncountable) · It's been an eternity since we last saw each other.

Plural eternities

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Well, of course, you can’t order eternity wrapped up and delivered at your residence for a price, but I’ve seen Father Time get pretty bad stone bruises on his heels when he walked through the gold diggings.”
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 11 · C1
How often did he muse over it and pronounce the name of a dear friend—a friend lost to him forever; and on his death-bed, when the near approach of eternity seemed to have illumined his mind with supernatural light, this thought, which had until then been but a doubt, became a conviction, and his last words were, ‘Maximilian, it was Edmond Dantès!’”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 513 · C1
Each moment’s delay is an eternity for me.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 882 · C1
Let them know, on the contrary, that their punishment, which had been decreed by Providence, is only delayed by my present determination, and although they escape it in this world, it awaits them in another, and that they are only exchanging time for eternity.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 903 · C1

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