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   eternal

   /ɪˈtəːnl/

   adjective

   • 1. lasting or existing forever; without end: "the secret of eternal youth" Similar everlastingnever-endingendlesswithout endperpetualundyingimmortaldeathlessindestructibleimperishableimmutableabidingpermanentenduringinfiniteboundlesstimelessrare:sempiternalperdurableOpposite transient
   • ▪ (of truths, values, or questions) valid for all time; essentially unchanging: "eternal truths of art and life"
   • ▪ seeming to last or persist forever, especially on account of being tedious or annoying: informal "eternal nagging demands" Similar constantcontinualcontinuousperpetualpersistentsustainedunremittingrelentlessunrelentingunrelieveduninterruptedunbrokenunabatinginterminablenever-endingnon-stopround-the-clockalways-onincessantendlessceaselessOpposite intermittent
   • 2. used to emphasize expressions of admiration, gratitude, etc.: "to his eternal credit, he maintained his dignity throughout"
   • 3. used to refer to an everlasting or universal spirit, as represented by God: "a man entirely under the sway of the Eternal and not of the material"

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin aeternalis, from Latin aeternus, from aevum ‘age’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. eternality noun
   • 2. eternalness noun

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