Plural of eon
regular plural
The plural of eon is eons.
Forms of eon
| Singular | eon /ˈi.ɑn/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | eons |
| Countable | countable |
Eons in a sentence
- It’s been eons since we last saw each other.
- For eons, the Coasties have served as the final redundant safety systems of our boats.1991 Jan-Jun, Bearkeley Breathed, “Coastie Etiquette: Proper manners during a Coast Guard Drug Inspection”, in Boating, volume 64, numbers…. From the entry coastie
- Skinks are lizards, but some species have lost their limbs over eons of evolution, giving them a snakelike look.2020 October 11, Veronique Greenwood, “How Some Skinks Lost Their Legs and Then Evolved New Ones”, in The New York Times. From the entry snakelike
- In brilliant flashes of intermitten illumination I see decades sprouting into centuries and centuries becoming eons and epochs.1975, Robert Silverberg, chapter 31, in The Stochastic Man, Coronet edition, Hodder and Stoughton, published 1978, →ISBN, page 135. From the entry intermitten
- Sometimes artificial light becomes an evolutionary trap as the age-old biological imperatives of a species, which helped it survive for eons, turn into liabilities.2010, Jane Brox, Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light, page 279. From the entry evolutionary trap
Meaning of eon
- noun Eternity, the duration of the universe.
- noun An immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time.
- noun A long period of time.
Questions about the plural of eon
- What is the plural of eon?
- The plural of eon is eons.
- Is eon countable?
- Eon is a countable noun.
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