You can refer to a period of history or a long period of time as an era when you want to draw attention to a particular feature or quality that it has.
...the nuclear era.
...the Victorian era.
It was an era of austerity. [+ of]
Synonyms: age, time, period, stage More Synonyms of era
era in British English
(ˈɪərə)
noun
1.
a period of time considered as being of a distinctive character; epoch
2.
an extended period of time the years of which are numbered from a fixed point or event
the Christian era
3.
a point in time, esp one beginning a new or distinctive period
the discovery of antibiotics marked an era in modern medicine
4. geology
a major division of geological time, divided into several periods
the Mesozoic era
Word origin
C17: from Latin aera counters, plural of aes brass, pieces of brass money
ERA in British English1
(ˈiːrə)
noun acronym for
1.
(in Britain) Education Reform Act: the 1988 act which established the key elements of the National Curriculum
2.
(in the US) Equal Rights Amendment: a proposed amendment to the US Constitution enshrining equality between the sexes
ERA in British English2
baseball
abbreviation for
earned run average: used as a measure of a pitcher's success
ERA in American English
1. Baseball
earned run average
: also era
2.
Equal Rights Amendment
era in American English
(ˈɪrə; ˈɛrə; also ˈirə)
noun
1.
a system of reckoning time by numbering the years from some important occurrence or given point of time
the Christian Era
2.
an event or date that marks the beginning of a new or important period in the history of something
3.
a period of time measured from some important occurrence or date
4.
a period of time considered in terms of noteworthy and characteristic events, developments, individuals, etc.
an era of progress
5. Geology
a subdivision of an eon
SIMILAR WORDS: ˈperiod
Word origin
LL aera, era, earlier senses, “counters,” “items of account” < pl. of L aes (gen. aeris), copper: see ore
COBUILD Collocations
era
bygone era
post-war era
Examples of 'era' in a sentence
era
The outcome of the elections was widely expected to usher in a new era.
The Sun (2016)
Some of the imagery seems drawn from that era too.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Players from the modern era feature in the voting as well as older stars.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This is my era and my time now.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But this is the new era.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Experts predict the element will help the world move away from fossil fuels and into a new era of battery powered energy.
The Sun (2017)
That’s the difference between governing in the modern era and governing in the 19th century.
Smithsonian Mag (2017)
But they were up against the most prolific, incisive attack of the modern era.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
So what could possibly go wrong in the new era of peace and European unity?
Smithsonian Mag (2017)
Yet this fascination with emotion trapped in pigment is pursued most powerfully and strikingly in British art of the modern and early modern era.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Yesterday this era was drawing to a close.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The exciting modern era was on its way.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
We thought it was evocative of an era long gone.
The Sun (2007)
Over the geological eras there have been five big extinction episodes.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
How many times in this era do you have a chance to be a pioneer?
Christianity Today (2000)
We have entered a new geological era of our own making.
Oliver Morton Eating the Sun: How Plants Power the Planet (2007)
We think we are going through an era of austerity?
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Yet this is no straightforward history of an era.
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)
It is too soon to draw that era to a close.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
We realised that we were stuck in that era for too long.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
For our era that time has come.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Europe had promised a new era of transparency in selecting key officials.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
We find ourselves in an era when austerity is again in the air.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The beginning of an era or the end of one?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
His disappearance has stoked speculation that that era may be drawing to a close.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He is not a conventional goalscorer in the modern era either.
The Sun (2014)
Likewise the bonnet seems unnaturally long and the sweeping running boards belong to another era.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
But there is a distinct feeling of a new era this time.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
We are entering a new era of genetic medicine in which it is becoming possible to profile all people for their inherited risk of disease.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Five years is a geological era in politics, but it is the blinking of an eye for a forest.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
To borrow the name of another big band of the era, that period was all a bit of a blur.
The Sun (2015)
Many doctors have rejected the hype about a new era of personalised medicine, arguing that most genetic screening is as likely to mislead as to inform.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In other languages
era
British English: era NOUN
An era is a period of time that is considered as a single unit.
...the nuclear era.
American English: era
Brazilian Portuguese: era
Chinese: 时代
European Spanish: era
French: ère
German: Ära
Italian: era
Japanese: 時代
Korean: 시대
European Portuguese: era
Latin American Spanish: era
All related terms of 'era'
bygone era
You can refer to a period of history or a long period of time as an era when you want to draw attention to a particular feature or quality that it has.
Common Era
→ Christian Era
Christian Era
the period beginning with the year of Christ's birth . Dates in this era are labelled ad , those previous to it bc
secondary era
the period from the beginning of the Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous
post-war era
You can refer to a period of history or a long period of time as an era when you want to draw attention to a particular feature or quality that it has.
Chinese translation of 'era'
era
(ˈɪərə)
n(c)
时(時)代 (shídài) (个(個), gè)
the post-war era战(戰)后(後)年代 (zhànhòu niándài)
(noun)
Definition
an extended period of time measured from a fixed point
a custom pre-dating the Christian era
Synonyms
age
the age of steam and steel
time
The design has remained unchanged since the time of the pharaohs.
period
the Victorian period
stage
date
An inquest will be held at a later date.
generation
The whole island could become a desert within a generation.
cycle
epoch
the beginning of a major epoch in world history
aeon
day or days
Additional synonyms
in the sense of date
Definition
the particular day or year when an event happened
An inquest will be held at a later date.
Synonyms
time,
stage,
period
in the sense of epoch
Definition
a long period of time marked by some predominant characteristic
the beginning of a major epoch in world history
Synonyms
era,
time,
age,
period,
date,
aeon
in the sense of generation
Definition
the average time between two generations of a species, about 35 years for humans
The whole island could become a desert within a generation.