era

B1 Topic:Time
US /iə.ɹə/ UK /ˈɪə.ɹə/
noun name Freq #4718

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A period of history marked by a particular character or set of events.

    The invention of the internet began a new era in communication.

  2. 2
    noun

    A major division of geological time, made up of two or more periods.

    Dinosaurs lived during the Mesozoic era.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a period of history marked... epoch
2 noun · a major division of... geological era
Word family
Forms eras
Derived forms era-defining

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin aera.

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