eon
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6.8
- noun
- /ˈiːən/
- US
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eternidad
- And that's how we have progressed for centuries and eons and millenniums.
- eons of time
And it, it, it every section of the book took you through eons and Earth's development.
- And it, it, it every section of the book took you through eons and Earth's development.
- You can hear the eons and eons and eons of time that were needed to create this thing.
- then a day seems like a eon.
- Is power distributed differently that it has been distributed for eons now?
- These particles drifted for eons and light years until gravity and change brought them together here now.
- Some stand alone videos like that response to the absolutely ridiculous tech power up story eons ago.
- OK, first of all, the human brain and the human body have been on this planet for many, many, many eons, right?
- I mean, it's literally a year old in terms of market consumption, whereas Intel's been on the same platform for eons at this point.
- And when I talk about the system, I talk about it's a, it's a system that's been set up around the world for eons.
- The way that I picked these books is that they have been top of my TBR my to be read pile for eons.
- That carries over into the next eon and makes a localized point with some rings around it in the CMB.
Examples
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We had a little thing, like, eons ago.
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These particles drifted for eons and light years until gravity and change brought them together here now.
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OK, first of all, the human brain and the human body have been on this planet for many, many, many eons, right?
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For the first time in all these eons, I get it.
Fiction book (1999) -
You know, these bugs have always been here throughout the eons of time.
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I've been stuck in that job for eons.
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We cannot simply conduct experiments to test ideas about the evolutionary events that occurred eons ago.
Academic text (2007) -
It was created by plants over the course of, you know, eons and eons of time.
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Eons passed.
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Some stars are so far away that it takes eons for their light to get to Earth.
Synonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A time about 3.8 to 2.5 billion years ago when the Earth's crust formed and single-celled life began
- Specialized
A very early time on Earth when the first rocks formed and only one-celled life existed
- Specialized
The first time after Earth formed, about 4.6 to 4 billion years ago, before rocks or life
- Specialized
A very early time on Earth from its formation until about 3,800 million years ago with no signs of life
- Specialized
A very long period in Earth's history from about 2,500 to 544 million years ago when simple life appeared
- Specialized
A time in Earth's history from about 540 million years ago to now when many kinds of life appear
- Specialized
A long period in Earth's history from about 3,800 million to 544 million years ago
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
Eon comes from the Greek word aiōn, which means 'age' or 'life', so a helpful way to remember it is to think of an 'age' that lasts a very long time. That's why people say something took eons when it felt like ages.