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eternity

 noun
     
e‧ter‧ni‧ty
1

an eternity

a period of time that seems very long because you are annoyed, anxious etc:
Here she waited for what seemed like an eternity.
That week was an eternity of solitude and boredom.
2 [uncountable] the whole of time without any end:
a little animal preserved for all eternity as a fossil
3 [uncountable] the state of existence after death that some people believe continues for ever
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