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Meanings of
eternal
in English
Continuing forever or indefinitely.
perpetual
everlasting
unending
unceasing
ageless
aeonian
eonian
Related terms
permanent
lasting
Tiresomely long; seemingly without end.
endless
interminable
Related terms
long
Usage of
eternal
in English
1
The high priest said to Houphouët, 'All right, you want
eternal
power.
2
Experience certainly suggests one outcome over the other but hope springs
eternal
.
3
But this great superstitious fear was, however, part of Benedict's
eternal
charm.
4
Live neither in the present nor the future, but in the
eternal
.
5
Let temporal things be in the use,
eternal
things in the desire.
6
They made it possible for him to exist in the
eternal
present.
7
Obscene though the crime was,
eternal
damnation was several punishments too far.
8
Pringle appeared in the doorway in his
eternal
hunt for the tea-things.
9
Rather he deserves their
eternal
gratitude and the freedom of west London.
10
The infinite and
eternal
in itself is the same as the Divine.
11
Hundreds of families were devastated, gifted
eternal
grief by a draconian state.
12
The beauty of the notes was
eternal
;
no use could stale it.
13
Men pass from fixed prejudices; the church is
eternal
in its purpose.
14
He suspected Fiona's friends saw right through him to his
eternal
devotion.
15
The return of the dead is the
eternal
riddle of the living.
16
The two little children had taken their parts in the
eternal
drama.
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About this term
eternal
Adjective
Frequent collocations
eternal life
eternal law
eternal truth
eternal punishment
eternal damnation
More collocations
Eternal
through the time
Eternal
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common
Ireland
Less common