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Giddyman Posted 20 years ago
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decade, century, millennium and what comes next?

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Just perhaps: era, epoch, eon but those are less numerically inclined

  • Just perhaps: era, epoch, eon but those are less numerically inclined
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Just perhaps:
era, epoch, eon
but those are less numerically inclinedEmotion: smile
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Marius HancuJust perhaps:
era, epoch, eon
but those are less numerically inclinedEmotion: smile

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Thats what I want 2 know
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Hi,

Perhaps 'eternity'.

You're welcome, Clive

Oops, I didn't see Philip's 2006 post.
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millennium, billennium, trillennium, quadrillennium, quintillennium, ... Emotion: smile

CJ
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Zillenium....

-serenity101
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Tomorrow, and it also comes first Emotion: wink

I'm more curious about adjectives to refer to events that happen periodically in interva
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I believe that eon is defined as 1 million years.

We rarely use these words if they don't fit the time frame. For 11 years, we would just say 11 years.

For 20 years, you could say "a score of years". Though 20-year period would be more common.

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