| era | | |
| n. (time) | 1. epoch, era | a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event. |
| ~ period, period of time, time period | an amount of time.; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" |
| ~ caliphate | the era of Islam's ascendancy from the death of Mohammed until the 13th century; some Moslems still maintain that the Moslem world must always have a calif as head of the community.; "their goal was to reestablish the Caliphate" |
| ~ christian era, common era | the time period beginning with the supposed year of Christ's birth. |
| ~ day | an era of existence or influence.; "in the day of the dinosaurs"; "in the days of the Roman Empire"; "in the days of sailing ships"; "he was a successful pianist in his day" |
| ~ historic period, age | an era of history having some distinctive feature.; "we live in a litigious age" |
| ~ modern era | the present or recent times. |
| n. (time) | 2. era, geological era | a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods. |
| ~ geologic time, geological time | the time of the physical formation and development of the earth (especially prior to human history). |
| ~ age of mammals, cenozoic, cenozoic era | approximately the last 63 million years. |
| ~ age of reptiles, mesozoic, mesozoic era | from 230 million to 63 million years ago. |
| ~ paleozoic, paleozoic era | from 544 million to about 230 million years ago. |
| ~ eon, aeon | the longest division of geological time. |
| ~ geological period, period | a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed.; "ganoid fishes swarmed during the earlier geological periods" |
| n. (communication) | 3. earned run average, era | (baseball) a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness; calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by the pitcher for every nine innings pitched. |
| ~ baseball, baseball game | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs.; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" |
| ~ criterion, standard, touchstone, measure | a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated.; "the schools comply with federal standards"; "they set the measure for all subsequent work" |
| years | | |
| n. (time) | 1. age, eld, geezerhood, old age, years | a late time of life.; "old age is not for sissies"; "he's showing his years"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all"; "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood" |
| ~ time of life | a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state. |
| ~ mid-sixties, sixties | the time of life between 60 and 70. |
| ~ mid-seventies, seventies | the time of life between 70 and 80. |
| ~ mid-eighties, eighties | the time of life between 80 and 90. |
| ~ mid-nineties, nineties | the time of life between 90 and 100. |
| ~ dotage, second childhood, senility | mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations. |
| n. (time) | 2. age, long time, years | a prolonged period of time.; "we've known each other for ages"; "I haven't been there for years and years" |
| ~ period, period of time, time period | an amount of time.; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" |
| ~ month of sundays | a time perceived as long.; "I hadn't seen him in a month of Sundays" |
| ~ eon, aeon | an immeasurably long period of time.; "oh, that happened eons ago" |
| ~ blue moon | a long time.; "something that happens once in blue moon almost never happens" |
| ~ year dot | as long ago as anyone can remember.; "he has been a conductor since the year dot" |
| n. (time) | 3. days, years | the time during which someone's life continues.; "the monarch's last days"; "in his final years" |
| ~ life | the period from the present until death.; "he appointed himself emperor for life" |
| yesteryear | | |
| n. (time) | 1. past, past times, yesteryear | the time that has elapsed.; "forget the past" |
| ~ time | the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past. |
| ~ yore | time long past. |
| ~ bygone, water under the bridge | past events to be put aside.; "let bygones be bygones" |
| ~ old | past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old'). |
| ~ history | the aggregate of past events.; "a critical time in the school's history" |
| ~ time immemorial, time out of mind | the distant past beyond memory. |
| ~ auld langsyne, good old days, langsyne, old times | past times remembered with nostalgia. |
| ~ yesterday | the recent past.; "yesterday's solutions are not good enough"; "we shared many yesterdays" |
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