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Definitions: Eternity |
EternityNoun1. Time without end. 2. A state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife. 3. A seemingly endless time interval (waiting). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "eternity" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1120. (references) |
Synonyms: EternitySynonyms: forever (n), infinity (n), timeless existence (n), timelessness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Death | Adjective: dead, lifeless; deceased, demised, departed, defunct, extinct; late, gone, no more; exanimate, inanimate; out of the world, taken off, released; departed this life. Verb: dead and gone; dead as a doornail, dead as a doorpost, dead as a mutton, dead as a herring, dead as nits; launched into eternity, gone to one's eternal reward, gone to meet one's maker, pushing up daisies, gathered to one's fathers, numbered with the dead. |
Deity | Infinite power, infinite wisdom, infinite goodness, infinite justice, infinite truth, infinite mercy; omnipotence, omniscience, omnipresence; unity, immutability, holiness, glory, majesty, sovereignty, infinity, eternity. |
Diuturnity | Noun: diuturnity; a long time, a length of time; an age, a century, an eternity; slowness; perpetuity; blue moon, coon's age, dog's age. |
Killing | Cut off, nip in the bud, launch into eternity, send to one's last account, sign one's death warrant, strike the death knell of. |
Perpetuity | Noun: perpetuity, eternity, everness, aye, sempiternity, immortality, athanasia; interminability, agelessness, everlastingness; Adjective: perpetuation; continued existence, uninterrupted existence; perennity; permanence (durability). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Eternity |
| English words defined with "eternity": alpha and omega ♦ Coeternity ♦ Enerlasting, Eternalist, Eternities, Eviternity ♦ foreordination ♦ predestination, predetermination, preordination ♦ Socinianism ♦ Unoriginated. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "eternity": Annulo Dei figuram ne gestato ♦ ETERNITY Box ♦ Launched into Eternity ♦ Mormon Creed ♦ Nihilo ♦ Origenists ♦ Past, Present ♦ Rings Noted in Fable ♦ SATAN, Sesha. (references) |
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Screenplays | Once, maybe twice in his own eternity. Maybe it was to quench those tears forever that I took such revenge on them. (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice) I'd rather have one breath of her hair, one kiss of her mouth, one touch of her hand than an eternity without it. One. (City of Angels; writing credit: Dana Stevens. Based on the screenplay for the 1997 film 'Der Himmel ber Berlin') Yours could become an important voice in the new order, second only to my own! I offer you a chance for greatness, Jor-El, take it! Join us! You will bow down before me, Jor-El. I swear it, no matter that it takes an eternity! You will bow down before me! Both you and then one day your heirs! (Superman; writing credit: Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster) Ready to outsit eternity. They're indomitable indomitable. (Doctor Who; writing credit: Basil Caplan; Martin Defalco) Greetings to you, Earthlings, I am Princess Dragon Mom. I have taken over this planet, now I own the Earth and you'll be my slaves for all eternity. (Jung-Gwok chiu-yan; writing credit: Chakrapani) | |
Lyrics | 'Til Eternity passes away ("Time in a Bottle"; performing artist: Jim Croce) You know I will adore you 'til eternity. ("Be My Baby"; performing artist: The Ronettes) | |
Clever | A moment on the lips, an eternity on the hips. (references; author: unknown) Life has many choices, eternity has two. What's yours? (references; author: unknown) Live for Jesus now and spend the rest of eternity in the non-smoking section. (references; author: unknown) Ink dries, paper burns; but what is written in the soul will last an eternity. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Lovers of Eternity (1964) Hell to Eternity (1960) Edge of Eternity (1959) Back from Eternity (1956) From Here to Eternity (1953) | |
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 | Kauai beach where "From Here to Eternity" was filmed.Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Capes Trinity & Eternity, Saguenay River.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Antoine Arnauld | Rest, rest, shall I have not all eternity to rest. |
Henry David Thoreau | You cannot kill time without injuring eternity. |
| As if you could kill time without injuring eternity. | |
Joseph Addison | Eternity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought. |
Thomas Carlyle | Speech is of time, silence is of eternity. |
| Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time. | |
William Blake | Eternity is in love with the productions of time. |
William Shakespeare | All that live must die, passing through nature to eternity. |
| He wants nothing of a god but eternity and a heaven to throne in. | |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The hours were colossal, and seemed hours of eternity. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Eternity! O, dread and dire word. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | In eternity there is indeed something true and sublime. |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SATAN, n. One of the Creator's lamentable mistakes, repented in sashcloth and axes. Being instated as an archangel, Satan made himself multifariously objectionable and was finally expelled from Heaven. Halfway in his descent he paused, bent his head in thought a moment and at last went back. "There is one favor that I should like to ask," said he. "Name it." "Man, I understand, is about to be created. He will need laws." "What, wretch! you his appointed adversary, charged from the dawn of eternity with hatred of his soul -- you ask for the right to make his laws?" "Pardon; what I have to ask is that he be permitted to make them himself." It was so ordered. |
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George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | We are not this story's author, who fills time and eternity with his purpose. |
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| "Eternity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.47% of the time. "Eternity" is used about 378 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.47% | 376 | 14,528 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.53% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 378 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "eternity". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Eladah | N/A | Biblical | The eternity of God |
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Expressions using "eternity": launch into eternity ♦ launched into eternity ♦ till eternity ♦ to all eternity. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "eternity": pseudo-eternity. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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Albanian | përjetësi (aeon, Eon, everlasting, forever, immortality, perpetuity), jetë e përjashtme. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | سرمدية (immortality), خلود (continuance, immortality, perpetuity), إبدية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | вечност (aeon, age, everlasting, imperishability, infinity, perpetuity), задгробен живот (afterlife), безсмъртие (immortality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 永' (Ageless, Eternal, Everlasting, timeless, Timelessly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vìènost (aeon, age, beyond, Eon, immortality, perpetuity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | eeuwigheid (aeon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | eterno, eterneco. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مکرر (Bis, Continual, Eternal, Repetitious), جاودانی (Eternal, Everlasting, Perennial, Perpetuity), ازلیت , ابدیت (Aeon, Immortality), بی پایان (Abyss, Eternal, Incessant, Inconclusive, Unbound, Unending, Unfinished), بی زمانی , بدون سرانجام وسراغاز. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ikuisuus, iankaikkisuus, iäisyys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | éternité. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | ewigkeit (aeon, ages, immutability, perpetuity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αιωνιότητα (perpetuity, sempiternity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | עילום (world), עולם (existence, space, universe, world), ע" (till, to, until, unto), צחיות (everlastingness, infinity, perpetuity), צח (aeon, endurance, forever, immortality, perpetuity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | örökkévalóság (everlasting, perpetuity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | kelanggengan (perpetuity), kebakaan (durability), keabadian (durability, permanence, perpetuity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | eternit (ages, immortality, perpetuity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 久 (permanence, perpetuity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ゆうきゅう (fallow, idle, permanence, perpetuity, salaried, unused, with pay), えい"う (perpetuity), えいせい (eternal life, health, hygiene, immortality, medical, permanence, perpetuity, sanitation, satellite), えいきゅう (immortality, perpetuity), えいたい (permanence), とわ (immortality, perpetuity), と"しえ (immortality, perpetuity), と"しなえ, はっせ"ね" (8000 years, thousands of years), みらいえい"う, じゅうま"おくど (paradise), よろずよ (all generations, thousands of years), エターニティー , えいえ" (immortality, permanence, perpetuity), やちよ (thousands of years), くお", むきゅう (immortality, infinitude, nonsalaried, nonstop, unpaid, without a holiday), せ"" (all ages, ancient times, great antiquity), ば" い (a watch stand, a watcher's seat, all generations, oval tub or tray used in fish shops, thousands of years), ば" いふえき (perpetuity), ば"" (all houses, many houses, perpetuity), ば""う (number, series of digits), ば"せい (a late bloomer, all ages, companion star, late completion, rough voice), ば"せいふえき (perpetuity), ま" い (all generations, thousands of years), ま""う, ま"ね" (ten thousand years), きゅうえ" (baseball all-star game, courtship, old acquaintance, old grudge, old relationship, reinforcement, relief, rescue, suspending performance), ならく (hades, hell, theatre basement), やちとせ (8000 years, thousands of years). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 만 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | sheer-riaght, beaynid (durability, immortality, infinity, permanence, steadfastness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | evighet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eternityay eternizar (eternize, perpetuate, preserve), eternidade (aeon, eparchy, eternize, everlasting, forever yours). (various references) eternitate (aeon, perpetuity), vecie, veşnicie (everlastingness), veac (age, century, epoch, period, time). (various references) вечность (aeon, aeons, age, agelessness, eon, everlasting, immortality, imperishability, perpetuity, timelessness). (various references) večnost (perpetuity). (various references) eternidad (Eon, everlasting, forever, immortality, infinitude, infinity, light). (various references) evighet (aeon, Eon, everlasting, perpetuity). (various references) เวลาที่ยาวนานมาก, นิรัน"ร. (various references) ebediyet (aeon, athanasia, Eon, everlasting), ebedilik (immortality), sonsuzluk (aeon, endlessness, Eon, everlasting, indefiniteness, infinite, infinitude, infinity, the infinite), ahiret (after life, afterdeath, beyond, future life, hereafter, the unseen, underworld), ölümsüzlük (athanasia, immortality). (various references) ebedilik (eternal). (various references) вічність (aeon, everlasting, forever, immortality, perpetuity), безсмертя (immortality). (various references) tính vĩnh viễn (enduringness, eternality, everlastingness, perdurability, sempiternity), tính bất diệt ng n xưa. (various references) tragwyddoldeb, byth (aye, ever, for ever, sometime). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | aeternitatem, aeternitatis, æternitas, ævitas, ævum, infinitas infinitio. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Isaiah Chapter 57, Verse 15 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Tade legei kurioV o uyistoV o en uyhloiV katoikwn ton aiwna agioV en agioiV onoma autw kurioV uyistoV en agioiV anapauomenoV kai oligoyucoiV didouV makroqumian kai didouV zwhn toiV suntetrimmenoiV thn kardian |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Quia haec dicit Excelsus et Sublimis habitans aeternitatem et sanctum nomen eius in excelso et in sancto habitans et cum contrito et humili spiritu ut vivificet spiritum humilium et vivificet cor contritorum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | For these thingus seith the heye Lord, and enhauncid, wonende the euerelastingte, and his hoeli name in hey, and in hoeli dwelling, and with the contrit and mekid spirit, that he quykene the spirit of meke men, and quykene the herte of contrit men. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For this is the word of him who is high and lifted up, whose resting-place is eternal, whose name is Holy: my resting-place is in the high and holy place, and with him who is crushed and poor in spirit, to give life to the spirit of the poor, and to make strong the heart of the crushed. |
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| Language | Isaiah Chapter 57, Verse 15 |
| Cebuano | Kay kini mao ang giingon sa hataas ug sa Usa nga halangdon nga nagapuyo sa walay katapusan, kansang ngalan mao ang Balaan: ako nagapuyo sa hataas ug balaan nga dapit, uban kaniya usab nga adunay usa ka espiritu nga mahinulsolon ug mapainubsanon, aron sa pagpabuhi sa espiritu sa mapaubsanon, ug aron sa pagpabuhi sa kasingkasing sa mahinulsolon. |
| Croatian | Jer ovako govori Višnji i Uzvišeni, koji vjeèno stoluje i ime mu je Sveti: "U prebivalištu visokom i svetom stolujem, ali ja sam i s potlaèenim i poniženim, da oživim duh smjernih, da oživim srca skrušenih. |
| Danish | Thi så siger den højt ophøjede, som troner evigt, hvis Navn er "Hellig": I Højhed og Hellighed bor jeg, hos den knuste, i Ånden bøjede for at kalde de bøjedes Ånd og de knustes Hjerte til Live. |
| Dutch | Want alzo zegt de Hoge en Verhevene, Die in de eeuwigheid woont, en Wiens Naam heilig is: Ik woon in de hoogte en in het heilige, en bij dien, die van een verbrijzelden en nederigen geest is, opdat Ik levend make den geest der nederigen, en opdat Ik levend make het hart der verbrijzelden. |
| Finnish | Sillä näin sanoo Korkea ja Ylhäinen, jonka asumus on iankaikkinen ja jonka nimi on Pyhä: Minä asun korkeudessa ja pyhyydessä ja niitten tykönä, joilla on särjetty ja nöyrä henki, että minä virvoittaisin nöyrien hengen ja saattaisin särjettyjen sydämet eläviksi. |
| French | Car ainsi parle le Très Haut, Dont la demeure est éternelle et dont le nom est saint: J`habite dans les lieux élevés et dans la sainteté; Mais je suis avec l`homme contrit et humilié, Afin de ranimer les esprits humiliés, Afin de ranimer les coeurs contrits. |
| German | Denn also spricht der Hohe und Erhabene, der ewiglich wohnt, des Name heilig ist: Der ich in der Höhe und im Heiligtum wohne und bei denen, die zerschlagenen und demütigen Geistes sind, auf daß ich erquicke den Geist der Gedemütigten und das Herz der Zerschlagenen: |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sebab beginilah kata Allah Yang Mahatinggi dan kudus, yang berkuasa untuk selama-lamanya, "Aku tinggal di tempat yang tinggi dan suci, tapi juga di antara orang-orang yang rendah hati dan yang menyesali dosa-dosanya, untuk memulihkan semangat dan harapan mereka. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Karena demikianlah firman Yang Mahatinggi dan Yang Mahamulia, yang mengediami tempat yang kekal, dan sucilah nama-Nya: Sungguhpun Aku mengediami tempat yang tinggi dan suci, tetapi Aku diam juga serta dengan orang yang hancur dan rendah hatinya, supaya Aku menghidupkan hati orang yang rendah dan supaya Aku menghidupkan hati orang yang hancur. |
| Italian | Poiché così parla l'Alto e l'Eccelso, che ha una sede eterna e il cui nome è santo: In un luogo eccelso e santo io dimoro, ma sono anche con gli oppressi e gli umiliati, per ravvivare lo spirito degli umili e rianimare il cuore degli oppressi. |
| Maori | Ko te kupu hoki tenei a te Mea tiketike o runga rawa, ko tona kainga nei kei nga wa onamata, ko tona ingoa ko Tapu; ko te wahi e noho nei ahau kei te tiketike, kei te tapu, i te tangata he maru rawa tona ngakau, he papaku, hei whakahauora i te w airua o te hunga papaku, hei whakahauora i te ngakau o nga mea kua maru. |
| Norwegian | For så sier den Høie, den Ophøiede, han som troner evindelig, og hvis navn er hellig: I det høie og hellige bor jeg, og hos den som er sønderknust og nedbøiet i ånden, for å gjenoplive de nedbøiedes ånd og gjøre de sønderknustes hjerte levende. |
| Portuguese | Porque assim diz o Alto e o Excelso, que habita na eternidade e cujo nome é santo: Num alto e santo lugar habito, e também com o contrito e humilde de espírito, para vivificar o espírito dos humildes, e para vivificar o coração dos contritos. |
| Rumanian | Cqci awa vorbewte Cel Prea Knalt, a cqrui locuinyq este vecinicq wi al cqrui Nume este sfknt. ,Eu locuiesc kn locuri knalte wi kn sfinyenie; dar sknt cu omul zdrobit wi smerit, ca sq knviorez duhurile smerite, wi sq kmbqrbqtez inimile zdrobite. |
| Swedish | Ty så säger den höge och upphöjde, han som tronar till evig tid och heter "den Helige": Jag bor i helighet uppe i höjden, men ock hos den som är förkrossad och har en ödmjuk ande; ty jag vill giva liv åt de ödmjukas ande och liv åt de förkrossades hjärtan. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"Eternity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ederney, enternity, etarnity, eternaty, Eternit, eternitie, eterno, ethernity, iternity, meternity. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "eternity" (pronounced i'ter"nutē or ēter"nutē) |
| 6 | -t er" n u t ē | fraternity, maternity, paternity. |
| 5 | -er" n u t ē | modernity. |
| 4 | -n u t ē | affinity, alkalinity, amenity, community, dignity, disunity, divinity, femininity, humanity, immunity, impunity, indemnity, indignity, infinity, inhumanity, insanity, masculinity, obscenity, opportunity, profanity, salinity, sanity, serenity, solemnity, Trinity, unity, vanity, vicinity, virginity. |
| 3 | -u t ē | ability, abnormality, absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, accountability, acidity, activity, actuality, acuity, adaptability, admissibility, adversity, advisability, affordability, aggressivity, agility, alacrity, ambiguity, amiability, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, applicability, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, availability, banality, barbarity, believability, bestiality, biodiversity, bisexuality, brevity, brutality, calamity, capability, capacity, captivity, causality, cavity, celebrity, centrality, charity, chastity, civility, clarity, collegiality, commodity, commonality, comparability, compatibility, complexity, complicity, comprehensibility, conditionality, conductivity, confidentiality, conformity, congeniality, congruity, connectivity, constitutionality, continuity, convertibility, creativity, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, curiosity, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deformity, deity, deniability, density, dependability, depravity, deputy, desirability, dexterity, dimensionality, disability, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, diversity, docility, domesticity, duality, ductility, duplicity, durability, eccentricity, elasticity, electability, electricity, eligibility, enforceability, enmity, enormity, entity, equality, equanimity, equity, ethnicity, eventuality, exclusivity, expressivity, extraterritoriality, extremity, facility, fallibility, falsity, familiarity, fatality, feasibility, Felicity, ferocity, fertility, festivity, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, fluidity, formality, fragility, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, generosity, geniality, gentility, gratuity, gravity, gullibility, heredity, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, hilarity, homogeneity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humidity, humility, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illegality, illiquidity, immaturity, immobility, immorality, immortality, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impropriety, impurity, inability, inaccessibility, inactivity, incapacity, incivility, incompatibility, incongruity, incredulity, indestructibility, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, inferiority, infertility, infidelity, infirmity, inflexibility, informality, ingenuity, insecurity, insensitivity, instability, instrumentality, insularity, integrity, intensity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irregularity, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, laxity, legality, legibility, lethality, levity, liability, liberality, liquidity, lividity, locality, longevity, majority, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, materiality, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, mentality, minority, miscibility, mobility, modality, monstrosity, morality, morbidity, mortality, motility, multiplicity, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, nativity, necessity, negativity, neutrality, nobility, Nonconformity, nonentity, nonutility, normality, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, originality, overcapacity, oversensitivity, palatability, parity, partiality, particularity, passivity, paucity, peculiarity, permeability, perpetuity, perplexity, personality, perversity, piety, plausibility, plurality, polarity, polity, pomposity, popularity, portability, possibility, posterity, practicality, predictability, principality, priority, probability, probity, proclivity, productivity, profitability, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, proportionality, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, punctuality, purity, quality, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, rationality, reactivity, readability, reality, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, reliability, religiosity, respectability, responsibility, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, sanctity, scarcity, seasonality, security, selectivity, senility, seniority, sensibility, sensitivity, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, severity, sexuality, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solidarity, solidity, sorority, speciality, specificity, spirituality, spontaneity, stability, sterility, stupidity, subjectivity, suitability, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, temerity, tenacity, theatricality, timidity, tonality, totality, toxicity, tranquility, transferability, triviality, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unavailability, unfamiliarity, uniformity, universality, university, unpopularity, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, validity, variability, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, venality, veracity, Verity, versatility, viability, virility, virtuosity, viscosity, visibility, vitality, volatility, voracity, vulgarity, vulnerability. |
| 6 | -t er" n u t ē | fraternity, maternity, paternity. |
| 5 | -er" n u t ē | modernity. |
| 4 | -n u t ē | affinity, alkalinity, amenity, community, dignity, disunity, divinity, femininity, humanity, immunity, impunity, indemnity, indignity, infinity, inhumanity, insanity, masculinity, obscenity, opportunity, profanity, salinity, sanity, serenity, solemnity, Trinity, unity, vanity, vicinity, virginity. |
| 3 | -u t ē | ability, abnormality, absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, accountability, acidity, activity, actuality, acuity, adaptability, admissibility, adversity, advisability, affordability, aggressivity, agility, alacrity, ambiguity, amiability, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, applicability, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, availability, banality, barbarity, believability, bestiality, biodiversity, bisexuality, brevity, brutality, calamity, capability, capacity, captivity, causality, cavity, celebrity, centrality, charity, chastity, civility, clarity, collegiality, commodity, commonality, comparability, compatibility, complexity, complicity, comprehensibility, conditionality, conductivity, confidentiality, conformity, congeniality, congruity, connectivity, constitutionality, continuity, convertibility, creativity, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, curiosity, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deformity, deity, deniability, density, dependability, depravity, deputy, desirability, dexterity, dimensionality, disability, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, diversity, docility, domesticity, duality, ductility, duplicity, durability, eccentricity, elasticity, electability, electricity, eligibility, enforceability, enmity, enormity, entity, equality, equanimity, equity, ethnicity, eventuality, exclusivity, expressivity, extraterritoriality, extremity, facility, fallibility, falsity, familiarity, fatality, feasibility, Felicity, ferocity, fertility, festivity, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, fluidity, formality, fragility, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, generosity, geniality, gentility, gratuity, gravity, gullibility, heredity, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, hilarity, homogeneity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humidity, humility, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illegality, illiquidity, immaturity, immobility, immorality, immortality, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impropriety, impurity, inability, inaccessibility, inactivity, incapacity, incivility, incompatibility, incongruity, incredulity, indestructibility, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, inferiority, infertility, infidelity, infirmity, inflexibility, informality, ingenuity, insecurity, insensitivity, instability, instrumentality, insularity, integrity, intensity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irregularity, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, laxity, legality, legibility, lethality, levity, liability, liberality, liquidity, lividity, locality, longevity, majority, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, materiality, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, mentality, minority, miscibility, mobility, modality, monstrosity, morality, morbidity, mortality, motility, multiplicity, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, nativity, necessity, negativity, neutrality, nobility, Nonconformity, nonentity, nonutility, normality, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, originality, overcapacity, oversensitivity, palatability, parity, partiality, particularity, passivity, paucity, peculiarity, permeability, perpetuity, perplexity, personality, perversity, piety, plausibility, plurality, polarity, polity, pomposity, popularity, portability, possibility, posterity, practicality, predictability, principality, priority, probability, probity, proclivity, productivity, profitability, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, proportionality, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, punctuality, purity, quality, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, rationality, reactivity, readability, reality, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, reliability, religiosity, respectability, responsibility, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, sanctity, scarcity, seasonality, security, selectivity, senility, seniority, sensibility, sensitivity, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, severity, sexuality, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solidarity, solidity, sorority, speciality, specificity, spirituality, spontaneity, stability, sterility, stupidity, subjectivity, suitability, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, temerity, tenacity, theatricality, timidity, tonality, totality, toxicity, tranquility, transferability, triviality, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unavailability, unfamiliarity, uniformity, universality, university, unpopularity, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, validity, variability, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, venality, veracity, Verity, versatility, viability, virility, virtuosity, viscosity, visibility, vitality, volatility, voracity, vulgarity, vulnerability. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: entirety. | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-i-n-r-t-t-y" | |
-1 letter: nettier, tentier. | |
-2 letters: entire, entity, netter, nitery, retine, retint, tenter, tentie, tinter, triene. | |
-3 letters: enter, entry, eyrie, inert, inter, netty, niter, nitre, nitty, rente, retie, teeny, tenet, tenty, terne, titer, titre, treen, trine, trite, yente. | |
-4 letters: eery, erne, eyen, eyer, eyne, eyre, nett, nite, rein, rent, rete, rite, teen, tent, tern, tier, tine, tint. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-i-n-r-t-t-y" | |
+2 letters: reticently. | |
+3 letters: externality, intersystem, pertinently, retentively, retentivity, tensiometry, typewritten, yesternight. | |
+4 letters: densitometry, eccentricity, entreatingly, interestedly, interjectory, intersociety, inveterately, penitentiary, persistently, sempiternity, sensitometry, stereotyping, tetracycline, yesternights. | |
+5 letters: alternatively, centripetally, cyberneticist, determinately, detrimentally, egocentricity, electrotyping, exterminatory, heterogeneity, impertinently, inadvertently, integumentary, intemperately, interactively, interdentally, interestingly, intermittency, overintensity, penetrability, penetratingly, pretentiously, terminatively, tetracyclines, threateningly. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 74 65 72 6E 69 74 79 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references). - . .-. -. .. - -.--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01110100 01100101 01110010 01101110 01101001 01110100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E t e r n i t y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0074 0065 0072 006E 0069 0074 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3986718480758691 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Names: Derived from 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Bible Trace 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Orthography 23. Bibliography |
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