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a decade is a long time indeed. — Warning Signs;
• (epoch)- a particular period of time marked by distinctive features, events,
etc., ( ); The Jew of
this epoch was as little theological as possible. — The Life of Jesus;
• (eon)- an indefinitely long period of time; age, ( ; );
The sleep had lasted for an eon, he thought. — The Memory of Mars;
heyday = prime time : climax : culmination
• (heyday)- the stage or period of greatest vigor, strength, success, etc.;
prime, ( , , ); Especially in its
early '70s heyday, the genre produced some of rock's finest albums;
• (prime time)- the evening hours, generally between 7 and 11 P.M., when
the largest television audience is available;
• (climax)- the point of greatest intensity or force in an ascending series or
progression; a culmination; The death of his father brought matters to
a climax, and Oliver must prepare for very hard times. — Little Journeys to the
Homes of Great Reformers;
• (culmination)- that in which anything culminates; the culminating position
or stage; highest point; acme, ( ); It was the hour of culmination, the
supreme moment of felicity waiting for its crown. — The Blue Flower;
interim^ interregnum
• (interim)- an intervening time; interval; meantime, ( ;
); In the interim, the projected cost of building new reactors has
soared to more than $10 billion each, and continues to climb steadily;
• (interregnum)- an interval of time between the close of a sovereign's reign
and the accession of his or her normal or legitimate successor, (
,
); Matters came to
an interregnum, there being no particular reason on record. — The History of
Rome, Books 01 to 08;
chronicle ^anachronism^ synchronous
• (chronicle)- an extended account in prose or verse of historical events;
Unhappily the musical chronicle is overflowing with unresolved discords. —
Letters;
• (anachronism)- something or someone that is not in its correct historical or
chronological time, esp. a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time,
( , , ,
); They were a silly anachronism, absurdly in contradiction with that
scientific teaching which rules our lives. — Our Friend the Charlatan;