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{
"term": "eternal",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "without an end; existing or continuing forever",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the promise of eternal life in heaven"
},
{
"text": "She's an eternal optimist *(= she always expects that the best will happen)*."
},
{
"text": "eternal truths *(= ideas that are always true and never change)*"
},
{
"text": "You have my eternal gratitude *(= very great )*."
},
{
"text": "**To his eternal credit** *(= very great credit)*, he never gave up."
},
{
"text": "Newspapers are simply responding to the eternal fascination of their readers with the private lives of the rich and famous."
},
{
"text": "The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."
},
{
"text": "The story is about a woman who is offered the elixir of eternal youth."
},
{
"text": "The two heroes swore eternal friendship."
},
{
"text": "The universe was about to be plunged again into eternal darkness."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "happening often and seeming never to stop",
"labels": "(disapproving)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I'm tired of your eternal arguments."
}
],
"synonyms": "constant"
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "people never stop hoping",
"labels": "(saying)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪˈtɜːnl/",
"audio": "et/eternal/eternal__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪˈtɜːrnl/",
"audio": "et/eternal/eternal__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin aeternalis, from Latin aeternus, from aevum ‘age’."
}