COMMON ERA Synonyms
There are 4 hypernyms of the phrase common era. (close relations)
era
Best Alternative Words for COMMON ERA
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| age | nounn | |||||||
noun • how long something has existed • an era of history having some distinctive feature • a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises • a prolonged period of time • a late time of life verb • begin to seem older; get older • grow old or older • make older | ||||||||
| epoch | nounn | |||||||
noun • a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event • (astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded • a unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages | ||||||||
| era | nounn | |||||||
noun • (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 • a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event • a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods | ||||||||
| period | nounn | |||||||
noun • an amount of time • the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon • (ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games • a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed • the end or completion of something • the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause • a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations | ||||||||
| time | nounn | |||||||
noun • an instance or single occasion for some event • a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something • an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities) • a suitable moment • the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past • a person's experience on a particular occasion • a reading of a point in time as given by a clock • the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event • rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration • the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned verb • measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time • assign a time for an activity or event • set the speed, duration, or execution of • regulate or set the time of • adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time | ||||||||
| epocha | nounn | |||||||
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| anno domini | nounn | |||||||
noun • the time period beginning with the supposed year of Christ's birth adverb • in the Christian era; used before dates after the supposed year Christ was born | ||||||||
| christian era | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • the time period beginning with the supposed year of Christ's birth | ||||||||
| c.e. | nounn | |||||||
adverb • of the period coinciding with the Christian era; preferred by some writers who are not Christians | ||||||||
| ce | ||||||||
noun • a ductile grey metallic element of the lanthanide series; used in lighter flints; the most abundant of the rare-earth group adverb • of the period coinciding with the Christian era; preferred by some writers who are not Christians | ||||||||
