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- Dictionaryepoch/ˈiːpɒk/
noun
- 1. a particular period of time in history or a person's life: "the Victorian epoch"
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1. a. : an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development. b. : a memorable event or date. 2. a. : an extended period of time usually characterized by a distinctive development or by a memorable series of events. b. : a division of geologic time less than a period and greater than an age. 3.
EPOCH definition: 1. a long period of time, especially one in which there are new developments and great change: 2…. Learn more.
EPOCH meaning: 1. a long period of time, especially one in which there are new developments and great change: 2…. Learn more.
noun. a particular period of time marked by distinctive features, events, etc.: The treaty ushered in an epoch of peace and good will. Synonyms: time, era, date, age. the beginning of a distinctive period in the history of anything: The splitting of the atom marked an epoch in scientific discovery.
If you refer to a long period of time as an epoch, you mean that important events or great changes took place during it.
An epoch is a period of time marked by certain characteristics: you might describe several peaceful decades in a nation's history as an epoch of peace. In geologic time, an epoch is a division of a period, and an age is a division of an epoch.
noun. /ˈiːpɒk/ /ˈepək/ (formal or literary) a period of time in history, especially one during which important events or changes happen synonym era. The death of the emperor marked the end of an epoch in the country's history. Extra Examples. Topics Time c2, History c2. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Questions about grammar and vocabulary?
n. 1. a period of time marked by distinctive features, noteworthy events, changed conditions, etc.: an epoch of peace. 2. the beginning of a distinctive period in the history of anything. 3. a point of time distinguished by a particular event or state of affairs; a memorable date.
Britannica Dictionary definition of EPOCH. [count] : a period of time that is very important in history. The Civil War era was an epoch in 19th-century U.S. history. The development of the steam engine marked an important epoch in the history of industry. — compare era.
• Already that seemed a distant epoch. • Universal concepts denote phenomena which are presumed to occur universally, regardless of historical epoch or type of society. • I have, in my mind, retold my life, epoch by epoch. • The Russian Revolution marked the beginning of a new epoch in history.
