1 [U] (formal) time without end, especially life continuing without end after death:
There will be rich and poor for all eternity. * They believed that their souls would be condemned to burn in hell for eternity.
2 (an eternity) [sing.] (informal) a period of time that seems to be very long or to never end:
After what seemed like an eternity the nurse returned with the results of the test.
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