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aeon

noun ae·on

Chiefly British spelling of

1 :an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time :age
  • I haven't seen him in eons.
2 a :a very large division of geologic time usually longer than an era
  • the Archean eon
b :a unit of geologic time equal to one billion years

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Examples of aeon in a Sentence

  1. it's been aeons since I saw a movie at the multiplex

  2. glaciers that formed aeons ago

aeon Synonyms

Synonyms
age (or eon), blue moon, coon's age, cycle, donkey's years [chiefly British], eternity, forever, long, months, moon
Related Words
infinity; lifetime
Near Antonyms
flash, instant, jiffy, minute, moment, second, shake, split second, trice, twinkle, twinkling, wink; microsecond, nanosecond

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avoirdupois weight, calorie, denier, kip, pace, twain

AEON Defined for Kids

aeon

noun ae·on
variants: or eon \ˈē-ən, ˈē-ˌän\

Definition of aeon for Students

:a very long period of time I haven't been to the movies in aeons.

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