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e‧ter‧nal/ɪˈtɜːnəl $ -ɜːr-/ adjective
[date : 1300-1400; Language : Old French; Origin : Latin aeternus 'eternal']
1. continuing for ever and having no end:
　 ▪ the Christian promise of eternal life
　 ▪ She’s an eternal optimist (=she always expects that good things will happen).

2. seeming to continue for ever, especially because of being boring or annoying SYN never-ending:
　 ▪ the eternal arguments between mother and son

3. eternal truths
principles that are always true
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THESAURUS
▪permanent continuing forever, for a very long time, or for the rest of your life :
　 ▪ She has permanent damage to her eyesight.
　 ▪ the search for a permanent solution to the problem
　 ▪ They’ve offered her the job on a permanent basis.
▪lasting continuing for a very long time – used especially when something continues to affect someone or something for a long time :
　 ▪ The experience left a lasting impression on him.
　 ▪ Things that happen in early childhood can have a lasting effect on your life.
　 ▪ Shelley was to have a lasting influence on him.
　 ▪ Is there any hope for a lasting peace in the Middle East?
▪never-ending continuing so long that you think it will never end – used especially when something needs a lot of effort :
　 ▪ Keeping the house clean is a never-ending battle.
　 ▪ It was a never-ending task.
　 ▪ The search was never-ending.
▪perpetual a perpetual state or feeling seems to be there all the time – used especially about something that is very annoying, worrying, or tiring :
　 ▪ For many working mothers, balancing the demands of children and job is a perpetual challenge.
　 ▪ The people live in a perpetual state of fear.
▪everlasting continuing forever – used especially in the following phrases :
　 ▪ Gold is the symbol of everlasting love.
　 ▪ He promised them everlasting life.
▪eternal continuing forever – used especially in the following phrases :
　 ▪ Do you believe in eternal life?
　 ▪ the secret of eternal youth
　 ▪ She has my eternal gratitude (=I will always be grateful to her).
　 ▪ You’re always the eternal optimist. (=you always think that good things will happen)

adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
eternal optimist (=he always believes that good things will happen)
▪ He’s an eternal optimist .
eternal triangle
eternal verities
▪ the eternal verities of life
hope springs eternal (=used to say that people will always hope for something)
▪ It is unlikely these diets will work, but hope springs eternal.
sb's eternal/undying gratitude (=used to emphasize how extremely grateful you are)
▪ The doctors who saved my daughter have my undying gratitude.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
NOUN
damnation
▪ The Pope has put betting - with tax-dodging and reading horoscopes - on a list of sins that risk eternal damnation.
▪ And stargazers who slavishly read those horoscopes are set for the sign of eternal damnation.
▪ He preached heavenly redemption, eternal damnation and very little in between.
▪ Doomed to eternal damnation from Sinatra's own special brand of heaven.
▪ All swore, on pain of excommunication and eternal damnation, to protect and uphold the peace of the land.
life
▪ Because of his obedience he had been granted the gift of eternal life.
▪ For a lifetime pharaohs would carefully hoard possessions to carry with them on their journey into eternal life.
▪ In the sky Re made the stars and placed for eternal life.
▪ For all his odd and scary views, Buchanan has played the fear card like a snake oil salesman hawking eternal life.
▪ What do we know? eternal life.
▪ So, basically, a 401-K plan or eternal life are pretty much the same thing.
▪ They could only have believed that tanks had eternal lives.
▪ In fact, eternal life would be a calamity.
love
▪ I just had a man round here declaring eternal love.
▪ Overcome with remorse she swears eternal love to him, at which he recovers.
punishment
▪ When dawn finally arrived, an ill-rested city streamed to witness the cause of its apprehension being sent to her eternal punishment.
truth
▪ Secondly, their eyes are on eternal truth, of which each party deems itself the sole defender.
▪ I simply thought this was an inviolate, eternal truth.
youth
▪ Neither was a spiritualist, but both connected contemporary ideas of earthbound survival with the ancient superstition of eternal youth.
▪ For him she begged the gift of immortality from her fellow gods, but neglected to specify eternal youth as well.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Church members express a belief in eternal life after death.
▪ Night after night, Manson was aware of his eternal hunger.
▪ people searching for eternal youth
▪ The possibility of eternal life is a principle belief of many religions.
▪ the search for eternal youth
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Even eternal salvation has become something sold in the marketplace.
▪ Making the right choices, like protecting freedom, demands eternal vigilance.
▪ Many of these leave a very big question mark as to their eternal significance.
▪ The eternal quest for immortality will be in vain until we know the answer - unfortunately, we don't.
▪ The conflict between mind and machine might be resolved at last in the eternal truce of complete symbiosis....
▪ Their sharp, shuddery relevance to our own eternal conflicts shows clear.
▪ They could only have believed that tanks had eternal lives.
▪ Yet, surely, the eternal verities of any game still apply.