epoche‧poch /ˈiːpɒk $ ˈepək/ noun [countable] 
the Victorian epoch The king’s death marked the end of an epoch. the beginning of a new epoch► see thesaurus at period
WORD ORIGINepoch
Origin:
1600-1700 Medieval Latin epocha, from Greek epoche ‘ending, fixed point’, from epechein ‘to stop for a time, hold back’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- The Russian Revolution marked the beginning of a new epoch in history.
- Already that seemed a distant epoch.
- Evolutionary psychologists say that there are human universals which were laid down in the pleistocene epoch.
- I have, in my mind, retold my life, epoch by epoch.
- People stand out likewise, in so far as their work marks an epoch or sums up an historical episode.
- Their own tingling flesh convinced them that a whole new epoch in history was beginning and they were already living in it.
- They are slaves to the prejudices of the epoch in which they were written.
- This epoch was to pass, after Adams's presidency, into similar backgrounds and were very closely interrelated.
- Universal concepts denote phenomena which are presumed to occur universally, regardless of historical epoch or type of society.
THESAURUSa period in history
a particular time in history, especially one studied as a subject: · the late Victorian period· the interwar period· During that period many people moved from the countryside to the towns.
a period of years, months, days etc: · The 1960s were a time of great social change.· the biggest earthquake in modern times· Verdun was an important city in Roman times.
a long period, especially one that represents a particular stage in the development of civilization or technology: · the industrial age· We are now in the age of the Internet.· the Stone Age (=when people used tools made of stone)
a long period that has a particular character or that is marked by particular events: · We live in an era of breathtaking change.· the post-war era· De Gaulle’s death marked the end of an era.
formal means the same as era, but sounds more formal and important: · We are now entering a new epoch in human history.· the colonial epoch· It was the end of an epoch.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The king’s death marked the end of an epoch. the beginning of a new epochCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
a period of history SYN era: The king’s death marked the end of an epoch. the beginning of a new epoch· The primacy of monuments and monolithic sculpture in the new Communist epoch was acknowledged and debated.· Their own tingling flesh convinced them that a whole new epoch in history was beginning and they were already living in it.· Then, a new epoch of history is born which sweeps away the social relationships of the old order.· A new historical epoch is created by the development of superior forces of production by a new social group.
the Victorian epoch The king’s death marked the end of an epoch. the beginning of a new epoch► see thesaurus at period