Synonyms for epoch
ˈɛp ək; esp. Brit. ˈi pɒkepoch

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1. epochnoun

   Synonyms:
   age, era

2. epochnoun

   A particular period of history, especially one considered remarkable or noteworthy.

   Synonyms:
   era, age

3. epochnoun

   A notable event which marks the beginning of such a period.

   Synonyms:
   age, era

4. epochnoun

   A precise instant of time that is used as a reference point.

   Synonyms:
   age, era

5. epochnoun

   A precise instant of time that is used as a reference point (e.g. January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC).

   Synonyms:
   era, age

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1. epoch

   Sequence and succession apply to events viewed as following one another; time and duration denote something conceived of as enduring while events take place and acts are done. According to the necessary conditions of human thought, events are contained in time as objects are in space, time existing before the event, measuring it as it passes, and still existing when the event is past. Duration and succession are more general words than time; we can speak of infinite or eternal duration or succession, but time is commonly contrasted with eternity. Time is measured or measurable duration.

   Synonyms:
   age, date, duration, eon, era, period, season, sequence, succession, term, time, while

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1. era, epochnoun

   a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event

   Synonyms:
   earned run average, date of reference, geological era, era

2. epoch, date of referencenoun

   (astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded

   Synonyms:
   era, date of reference

3. epochnoun

   a unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages

   Synonyms:
   era, date of reference

Matched Categories

1. • Astronomy
   • Date
   • Geological Time

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1. epochnoun

   Synonyms:
   period, date, era, age, point or period of time (remarkable for some event)

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1. List of paraphrases for "epoch":

   era

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1. epoch

   Synonyms:
   Cycle, period, phase, stage

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How to use epoch in a sentence?

1. Cyril Connolly:

   The civilization of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

2. Ross MacPhee:

   Despite their ungainly appearance, different species of glyptodonts occupied habitats as distinct as open grassland and dense woodland, all the way from Patagonia to the southern parts of the continental United States, although their disappearance has been blamed on human depredation as well as climate change, some species persisted into the early part of the modern or Holocene epoch, long after the disappearance of mammoths and saber-toothed cats. Like the loss of giant ground sloths, mastodons, and dozens of other remarkable mammalian species, the precise cause of the New World megafaunal extinctions remains uncertain.

3. Fumihiko Maki:

   It's not at all epoch-making, just the kind of construction that could be done anywhere.

4. Letitia Elizabeth Landon:

   The first love-letter is an epoch in love's happy season — it makes assurance doubly sure — that which has hitherto, perhaps, only found utterance in sweet and hurried words, now seems to take a more tangible existence. A love-letter is a proof of how dearly, even in absence, you are remembered.

5. Cyril Connolly:

   The goal of every culture is to decay through over-civilization; the factors of decadence, -- luxury, skepticism, weariness and superstition, -- are constant. The civilization of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.