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Adj. durable; lasting &c. v.; of long duration, of long-standing; chronic, long-standing; intransient[obs3], intransitive; intransmutable[obs3], persistent.

{[when_modifying(living thing)]} lifelong, livelong; longeval[obs3], long-lived, macrobiotic, diuturnal[obs3].

{[when_modifying(plant)]} evergreen, perennial; sempervirent[obs3], sempervirid[obs3].

{{property_of(continuity, R69)}} unrelenting, unintermitting[obs3], unremitting.

lingering, protracted, prolonged, spun out, dragged out &c. v. long-pending, long-winded; slow &c. 275.

{{has_high_intensity: perpetual &c. 112}} permanent, endless.



Adv. long; for a long time, for an age, for ages, for ever so long, for many a long day; long ago &c. (in a past time) 122; longo intervallo[It].

all the day long, all the year round; the livelong day, as the day is long, morning noon and night; hour after hour, day after day, &c.; for good; permanently &c. adj.


#111. [Short duration.] Transience. -- N. {{has_property(instant, @R113)}}.

transience, brevity, temporariness, transientness[obs3] &c. adj.; evanescence, impermanence, fugacity[Chem], caducity[obs3], span.

{{property_of}} {{has_metaphor}} spurt, flash, burst.

temporary arrangement, interregnum.

mortality, short life.

{{has_metaphor}} Mayfly; nine days' wonder, bubble; flash in the pan.

[ref: velocity &c. 274].

{{property_of}} ephemeron, ephemera[Pl].

{{similar_to: suddenness &c. R113}}.

[ref: changeableness &c. 149].

{{trait_of: nomad; transient, transient boarder, transient guest P2.3.2.3.2.4.26}}.

{{caused_by: instability, R149, @P2.2.1. PROPERTIES OF matter}}.



V. be transient &c. adj.; flit, pass away, fly, gallop, vanish, fade, evaporate; pass away like a cloud, pass away like a summer cloud, pass away like a shadow, pass away like a dream.

Adj. transient, transitory, transitive, impermanent; passing, evanescent, fleeting, cursory, short-lived, ephemeral; flying &c. v.; fugacious, fugitive; shifting, slippery; spasmodic.

instantaneous, momentary, momentaneous[obs3].

temporary, temporal; provisional, provisory.

precarious, unstable, insecure.

{[when_modifying(tree)]} deciduous.

{[when_modifying(food)]} perishable.

{[when_modifying(animal)]} mortal.

brief, quick, brisk, extemporaneous, summary; pressed for time &c. (haste) 684; sudden, momentary &c. (instantaneous) 113.



Adv. temporarily &c. adj.; pro tempore[Lat]; for the moment, for a time; awhile, en passant[Fr], in transitu[Lat]; in a short time; soon &c. (early) 132; briefly &c. adj.; at short notice; on the point of, on the eve of; in articulo; between cup and lip.

Phr. one's days are numbered; the time is up; here today and gone tomorrow; non semper erit aestas[Lat][obs3]; eheu! fugaces labuntur anni[Lat]; sic transit gloria mundi[Lat]; a schoolboy's tale, the wonder of the hour! [Byron]; dum loquimur fugerit invidia aetas[Lat][obs3]; fugit hora[Lat]; all that is transitory is but an illusion [Goethe].

a burst of speed; a flash of genius.


#112. [Endless duration.] Perpetuity. -- N. {{has_high_intensity(longevity, R110)}}.

perpetuity, eternity, everness[obs3], aye, sempiternity[obs3], immortality, athanasia[obs3]; interminability[obs3], agelessness, everlastingness &c. adj.; perpetuation; continued existence, uninterrupted existence; perennity[obs3]; permanence (durability) 110.



V. last forever, endure forever, go on forever; have no end.

eternize, perpetuate.



Adj. perpetual, eternal; everduring[obs3], everlasting, ever-living, ever-flowing; continual, sempiternal[obs3]; coeternal.

endless, unending; ceaseless, incessant, uninterrupted, indesinent[obs3], unceasing; endless, unending, interminable, having no end.

evergreen, amaranthine, unfading[obs3]; neverending[obs3], never-dying, never-fading.

deathless, immortal, undying, imperishable.



Adv. perpetually &c. adj.; always, ever, evermore, aye; for ever, for aye, till the end of the universe, forevermore, forever and a day, for ever and ever; in all ages, from age to age; without end; world without end, time without end; in secula seculorum[Lat]; to the end of time, to the crack of doom, to the "last syllable of recorded time" [Macbeth]; till doomsday; constantly &c. (very frequently) 136.

Phr. esto perpetuum[Lat]; labitur et labetur in omne volubilis oevum [Lat][Horace]; "but thou shall flourish in immortal youth" [Addison]; "Eternity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought" [Addison]; "her immortal part with angels lives" [Romeo & Juliet]; ohne Rast [Ger][Goethe's motto]; ora e sempre[It].
#113. [Point of time] Instantaneity. -- N. {{similar_to(transience, R111)}}.

instantaneity, instantaneousness, immediacy; suddenness, abruptness.

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{{property_of}} moment, instant; second, minute; twinkling, trice, flash, breath, crack, snap, jiffy, coup, burst, flash of lightning, stroke of time.



<-- the following words refer to a specific point of time, not necessarily the present. The present time is at R118 -->

{{property_of}} epoch, time; time of day, time of night; hour, minute; very minute &c., very time, very hour.

[ref: present time, right time, true time, exact time, correct time, R118].

V. be instantaneous &c. adj.; twinkle, flash.

Adj. instantaneous, momentary, sudden, immediate, instant, abrupt, discontinuous, precipitous, precipitant, precipitate; subitaneous[obs3], hasty;quick as thought, quick as lightning, quick as a flash; rapid as electricity.

speedy, quick, fast, fleet, swift ,lively, blitz; rapid (velocity) 274.



Adv. instantaneously &c. adj.; in no time, in less than no time; presto, subito[obs3], instanter, suddenly, at a stroke, like a shot; in a moment &c. n. in the blink of an eye, in the twinkling of an eye, in a trice; in one's tracks; right away; toute a l'heure[Fr]; at one jump, in the same breath, per saltum[Lat], uno saltu[Lat]; at once, all at once; plump, slap; "at one fell swoop"; at the same instant &c. n.; immediately &c. (early) 132; extempore, on the moment, on the spot, on the spur of the moment; no sooner said than done; just then; slap-dash &c. (haste) 684.

Phr. touch and go; no sooner said than done.

#114. [Estimation, measurement, and record of time.] Chronometry. -- N. chronometry, horometry[obs3], horology; date, epoch; style, era.

{{uses}} almanac, calendar, ephemeris; register, registry.

{{has_subtype(history)}} chronicle, annals, journal, diary, chronogram.

{{function_of: chronometer, clock, &c. P2.3.1.3.12.3.4}}.

{{performed_by: timekeeper; chronologer, annalist, P2.3.2.3.2.5.51}}.

calendar year, leap year.

{{uses}} Julian calendar, Gregorian calendar, Chinese calendar, Jewish calendar, perpetual calendar, Farmer's almanac, fiscal year.

V. fix the time, mark the time; date, register, chronicle; measure time, beat time, mark time; bear date; synchronize watches.

Adj. chronological, chronometrical[obs3], chronogrammatical[obs3]; cinquecento[Fr], quattrocento[obs3], trecento[obs3].

Adv. o'clock.
#115. [False estimate of time.] Anachronism. -- N. anachronism, metachronism, parachronism, prochronism; prolepsis, misdate; anticipation, antichronism.

disregard of time, neglect of time, oblivion of time.

intempestivity[obs3] &c. 135.

V. misdate, antedate, postdate, backdate, overdate[obs3]; anticipate.

take no note of time, lose track of time; anachronize[obs3].



Adj. misdated &c. v.; undated; anachronistic.

{{similar_to(lateness)}} overdue, past due.

out of date; behind the times.

before one's time, ahead of one's time.


P1.1.2 RELATIVE TIME ..R116 to R135

P1.1.2.1 Time relative to Succession R116 to R122

<-- 116. Priority 117. Posteriority

118. Present time 119. Different time

120. Synchronism

121. Futurity 122. Preterition

-->

#116. Priority. -- N. priority, antecedence, anteriority, precedence, pre-existence.

precession &c. 280; precursor &c. 64; the past &c. 122; premises.

{{property_of: precedent, prototype, original, R22}}.

V. precede, come before; forerun; go before &c. (lead) 280; preexist; dawn; presage &c. 511; herald, usher in.

be beforehand &c. (be early) 132; steal a march upon, anticipate, forestall; have the start, gain the start.



Adj. prior, previous; preceding, precedent; anterior, antecedent; pre-existing, pre-existent; former, foregoing; aforementioned, before-mentioned, above-mentioned; aforesaid, said; introductory &c. (precursory) 64.

Adv. before, prior to; earlier; previously &c. adj.; afore[obs3], aforehand[obs3], beforehand, ere, theretofore, erewhile[obs3]; ere then, ere now, before then, before now; erewhile[obs3], already, yet, beforehand; on the eve of.

Phr. prior tempore prior jure[Lat].
#117. Posteriority. -- N. posteriority; succession, sequence; following &c. 281.; subsequence, supervention.

futurity &c. 121.

successor; sequel &c. 65.

remainder, reversion.

{{property_of: copy, R22}}.

V. follow &c. 281 after, come after, go after; succeed, supervene; ensue, occur; step into the shoes of.

Adj. subsequent, posterior, following, after, later, succeeding, postliminious[obs3], postnate[obs3]; postdiluvial[obs3], postdiluvian[obs3]; puisne[obs2]; posthumous; future &c. 121; after-dinner, postprandial.

Adv. subsequently, after, afterwards, since, later; at a subsequent, at a later period, at a later date; next, in the sequel, close upon, thereafter, thereupon, upon which, eftsoons[obs1]; from that time, from that moment; after a while, after a time; in process of time.
#118. The Present Time. -- N. {{property_of(instantaneity)}} .

the present, the present time, the present day, the present moment, the present juncture, the present occasion; the times, the existing time, the time being; today.

these days, nowadays, lately, recently, our times, modern times, the twentieth century; nonce, crisis, epoch, day, hour.

age, time of life.

right time, true time, exact time, correct time.

Adj. present, actual, instant, current, existing, extant, that is; present-day, up-to-date, up-to-the-moment; recent, the latest, the nonce.

Adv. now, at present; at this time, at this moment &c. 113; at the present time &c. n.; at hand.

at this time of day, today, nowadays; already; even now, but now, just now; on the present occasion; for the time being, for the nonce; pro hac vice[Lat].; on the nail, on the spot; on the spur of the moment, until now; to this day, to the present day.



Phr. "the present hour alone is man's " [Johnson]; "What time is it now?", "do you know the right time?", "Do you have the correct ime?".
#119. [Time different from the present.] Different time. -- N. different time, other time, another time.

[Indefinite time] aorist.



Adj. aoristic; indefinite.

Adv. at that time, at which time, at that moment, at that instant; then, on that occasion, upon; not now, some other time.

when; whenever, whensoever; upon which, on which occasion; at another, at a different, at some other, at any time; at various times; some one of these days, one of these days, one fine morning; eventually, some day, by and by, sooner or later; some time or other.

once upon a time.

#120. Synchronism. -- N. synchronism; coexistence, coincidence; simultaneousness, simultaneity &c. adj.; concurrence, concomitance, unity of time, interim.

[Having equal times] isochronism[obs3].

contemporary, coetanian[obs3].

V. coexist, concur, accompany, go hand in hand, keep pace with; synchronize.

Adj. simultaneous, coexisting, coexistent; synchronous, synchronal[obs3], synchronic, synchronical, synchronistical[obs3].

concurrent, coincident, concomitant; coeval, coevous[obs3]; contemporary, contemporaneous; coetaneous[obs3]; coeternal; isochronous, isochronal.



Adv. at the same time; simultaneously &c. adj.; together, in concert, during the same time; in the same breath; pari passu[Lat]; in the interim; as one.

at the very moment &c. 113; just as, as soon as; meanwhile &c. (while) 106.



#121. [Indefinite prospective time.] Futurity. -- N. futurity, futurition; future, hereafter, time to come; approaching time, coming time, subsequent time, after time; approaching age, coming age, subsequent age, after age; morrow, approaching days, coming days, subsequent days, after days; approaching hours, coming hours, subsequent hours, after hours; approaching ages, coming ages, subsequent ages, after ages; eventuality.

approaching life, coming life, subsequent life, after life, approaching years, coming years, subsequent years, after years.

millennium, doomsday, day of judgment, crack of doom, remote future.

approach of time, advent, time drawing on, womb of time.

[more definite prospective time]{{has_subtype: destiny &c. 152}}.

{{co-occurs_with}} heritage, heirs posterity, descendant [ref:R167,P2.3.2.1].

prospect &c. (expectation) 507; foresight &c. 510.

V. look forwards; anticipate &c. (expect) 507, (foresee) 510; forestall &c. (be early) 132.

come on, draw on; draw near; approach, await, threaten; impend &c. (be destined) 152.



Adj. future, to come; coming, upcoming &c. (impending) 152; next, near; close at hand; eventual, ulterior; in prospect &c. (expectation) 507.

Adv. prospectively, hereafter, later, in the future; kal[obs3], tomorrow, the day after tomorrow.

eventually, ultimately, sooner or later, in course of time, in process of time, in the fullness of time, some day; proximo[Lat]; paulo post futurum[Lat]; in after time; one of these days; after a time, after a while.

from this time; henceforth, henceforwards[obs3]; thence; thenceforth, thenceforward; whereupon, upon which.

soon &c. (early) 132; on the eve of, on the point of, on the verge of, on the brink of; about to; close upon.



Phr. quid sit futurum cras fuge quaerere [Latin][Horace].
#122. [Retrospective time.] The Past -- N. the past, past time; days of yore, times of yore, days of old, times of old, days past, times past, days gone by, times gone by; bygone days; old times, ancient times, former times; fore time; the good old days, the olden time, good old time; auld lang syne[obs3]; eld[obs1].

antiquity, antiqueness[obs3], status quo; time immemorial; distance of time; remote age, remote time; remote past; rust of antiquity

retrospect, retrospection, looking back, memory &c. 505.

{{studied_in}} antiquarianism, archaism, medievalism, Pre-Raphaelitism; paleontology, paleography, paleology[obs3]; paleozoology; palaetiology[obs3], archaeology; paleogeography; paleoecology; paleobotany; paleoclimatology.



<-- originally - preterition; priority &c. 116 -->

{{performed_by(antiquarianism &c.): antiquarian, P2.3.2.3.2.5.53}}.

{{co-occurs_with}} ancestry &c. (paternity) 166.

V. be past &c. adj.; have expired &c. adj., have run its course, have had its day; pass; pass by, go by , pass away, go away , pass off, go off; lapse, blow over.

look back, trace back, cast the eyes back; exhume.



Adj. past, gone, gone by, over, passed away, bygone, foregone; elapsed, lapsed, preterlapsed[obs3], expired, no more, run out, blown over, has-been, that has been, extinct, antediluvian, antebellum, never to return, gone with the wind, exploded, forgotten, irrecoverable; obsolete &c. (old) 124.

former, pristine, quondam, ci-devant[Fr], late; ancestral.

foregoing; last, latter; recent, over night; preterperfect[obs3], preterpluperfect[obs3].

looking back &c. v.; retrospective, retroactive; archaeological &c. n.



Adv. paleo-; archaeo-; formerly; of old, of yore; erst[Ger], whilom, erewhile[obs3], time was, ago, over; in the olden time &c. n.; anciently, long ago, long since; a long while, a long time ago; years ago, yesteryear, ages ago; some time ago, some time since, some time back.

yesterday, the day before yesterday; last year, ultimo; lately &c. (newly) 123.

retrospectively; ere now, before now, till now; hitherto, heretofore; no longer; once, once upon a time; from time immemorial, from prehistoric times; in the memory of man; time out of mind; already, yet, up to this time; ex post facto.

Phr. time was; the time has been, the time hath been; you can't go home again; fuimus Troes [Lat][Vergil]; fruit Ilium [Vergil]; hoc erat in more majorum[Lat]; "O call back yesterday, bid time return" [Richard II]; tempi passati[It]; "the eternal landscape of the past" [Tennyson]; ultimus Romanorum[Lat]; "what's past is prologue" [Tempest]; "whose yesterdays look backward with a smile" [Young].


P1.1.2.2 Time relative to a Period R123 to R131

<-- 123. Newness 124. Oldness

125. Morning 126. Evening

127. Youth 128. Age

129. Infant 130. Veteran

131. Adolescence

-->

#123. Newness. -- N. newness &c. adj.; novelty, recency; immaturity; youth &c. 127; gloss of novelty.

{{property_of}} modernism, modernity; latest fashion.

{{caused_by}} innovation; renovation &c. (restoration) 660.

{{has_metaphor}} mushroom.

{{trait_of}} modern, contempororary; parvenu, nouveau riche[Fr].

[ref: contemporaneousness].

{{similar_to: originality, @R20}}.

V. renew &c. (restore) 660; modernize.

Adj. new, novel, recent, fresh, green; young &c. 127; evergreen; raw, immature, unsettled, yeasty; virgin; untried, unhandseled[obs3], untrodden, untrod, unbeaten.

brand-new, fire-new, span-new, just out, latest.

late, modern, modernistic, contemporary, neoteric, hypermodern, nouveau; new-fashioned, new-fangled, newfangled.

up to date, up to the minute, with it, fashionable, in fashion; in, hip [coll.]; of yesterday.

vernal, sempervirent[obs3], sempervirid[obs3].

new-born, nascent, neonatal[med.], new-fledged.

fresh as a rose, fresh as a daisy, fresh as paint; spick and span.

renovated, updated, revamped; refreshed.

{[when_modifying(document)]} revised.

Adv. newly, recently &c. adj.; afresh, anew, lately, just now, only yesterday, the other day; latterly, of late, these days.

not long ago, a short time ago.



Phr. di novello tutto par bello[It]; nullum est jam dictum quod non dictum est prius[Lat]; una scopa nuova spazza bene[It].
#124. Oldness. -- N. oldness &c. adj[obs3].; age, antiquity; cobwebs of antiquity. maturity; decline, decay; senility &c. 128.

{{causes}} seniority, eldership; priority.

{{factor_in}} primogeniture.

archaism &c. (the past) 122; thing of the past, relic of the past; megatherium[obs3]; Sanskrit.

tradition, prescription, custom, immemorial usage, common law.

V. be old &c. adj.; have had its day, have seen its day; become old &c. adj.; age, fade, senesce.

Adj. old, ancient, antique; of long standing, time-honored, venerable; elder, eldest; firstborn.

prime; primitive, primeval, primigenous[obs3]; paleolontological, paleontologic, paleoanthropological, paleoanthropic[obs3], paleolithic, ; primordial, primordinate[obs3]; aboriginal &c. (beginning) 66; diluvian[obs3], antediluvian; protohistoric[obs3]; prehistoric; antebellum, colonial, precolumbian; patriarchal, preadamite[obs3]; paleocrystic[obs3]; fossil, paleozoolical, paleozoic, preglacial[obs3], antemundane[obs3]; archaic, classic, medieval, Pre-Raphaelite, ancestral, black-letter.

immemorial, traditional, prescriptive, customary, whereof the memory of man runneth not to the contrary; inveterate, rooted.

antiquated, of other times, rococo, of the old school, after-age, obsolete; out of date, out of fashion, out of it; stale, old-fashioned, behind the age, behind the times; old-world; exploded; gone out, gone by; passe, run out; senile &c. 128; time worn; crumbling &c. (deteriorated) 659; secondhand.

old as the hills, old as Methuselah, old as Adam, old as history.

[geological eras (list, starting at given number of years bp)] Archeozoic[5,000,000,000], Proterozoic[1,500,000,000], Paleozoic[600,000,000], Mesozoic[220,000,000], Cenozoic[70,000,000].

[geological periods (list)] Precambrian, Cambrian[600,000,000], Ordovician[500,000,000], Silurian[440,000,000], Devonian[400,000,000], Mississippian[350,000,000], Pennsylvanian[300,000,000], Permian[270,000,000], Triassic[220,000,000], Jurassic[180,000,000], Cretaceous[135,000,000]; Tertiary[70,000,000], Paleogene[70,000,000], Neocene[25,0000,000]; Quaternary[1,000,000].

[geological epochs (list, starting at 70,000,000 years bp)] Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene, Recent.



Adv. since the world was made, since the year one, since the days of Methuselah.

Phr. vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi [Lat][Tacitus].
#125. Morning. [Noon.] -- N. {{has_temporal_part(day)}} {{precedes(midnight)}} {{follows(noon)}}.

morning, morn, forenoon, a.m., prime.

{{has_beginning}} {{has_temporal_part(morning)}} early morning.

{{precedes(early morning)}} {{has_temporal_part(day)}} dawn, daybreak; dayspring[obs3], foreday[obs3], sunup; peep of day, break of day; aurora; first blush of the morning, first flush of the morning, prime of the morning; twilight, crepuscule, sunrise; cockcrow, cockcrowing[obs3]; the small hours, the wee hours of the morning.

{{metaphor_for}} spring; vernal equinox, first point of Aries.

{{has_ending}} {{has_temporal_part(day): noon, R125a}}.

{{metaphor_for}} summer, midsummer.

Adj. morning, matin, matutinal[obs3]; vernal.

Adv. at sunrise &c. n.; with the sun, with the lark, "when the morning dawns".

Phr. "at shut of evening flowers" [Paradise Lost]; entre chien et loup[Fr]; "flames in the fore-head of the morning sky" [Milton]; "the breezy call of incense-breathing morn" [Gray].


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