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Definition: ERAS |
ERASPlural1. Of Era |
Date "ERAS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Crosswords: ERAS |
| English words defined with "ERAS": aboriginal, aeon ♦ eon ♦ Landmarks of history ♦ primaeval, primal, primeval, primordial. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ERAS": Period of military service. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "ERAS": ERA. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "ERAS" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Latin (Lady, lady of the house, mistress, woman in relation to her servants). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | So many of you come time and time again to watch this final end of everything which I think is really wonderful and then to return home to your own eras and raise families, and strive for new and better societies and fight terrible wars for what you know is right, it gives one real hope for the whole future of lifekind. (The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy; writing credit: Douglas Adams; John Lloyd) New eras don't come about because of swords, they're created by the people who wield them. (Rurouni Kenshin; writing credit: Johan Unenge; Mns Gahrton) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Chromolithograph by Armstrong & Company, after an 1893 watercolor by Fred S. Cozzens, published in "Our Navy -- Its Growth and Achievements", 1897. Ships depicted are from different eras, and are identified by the artist as (from left to right): U.S. Brig Enterprise (1799-1823), firing a salute; U.S. Ship of the Line Pennsylvania (1837-1861); U.S. Ship of the Line North Carolina (1825-1867), mis-labeled by the artist as South Carolina; and U.S. Brig Hornet (1805-1829). The vessel under sail in the far center distance is not identified.Credit: NAVY. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | All the eras of civilisation are there in abridged edition, all the epochs of barbarism also. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Both place and time were changed, and I dwelt nearer to those parts of the universe and to those eras in history which had most attracted me. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Nigeria | During both the Abacha and Abubakar eras, Nigeria's main decisionmaking organ was the exclusively military Provisional Ruling Council (PRC) which governs by decree. (references) |
Human Rights | Haiti | In 1999 recent skeletal human remains were found at Titanyen (near Croix des Missions), an area that often served as a dumping ground for bodies of victims of political killings during the Duvalier and military eras. (references) |
Political Economy | ROMANIA | In addition, delays in reconciling conflicting property claims arising from seizures during the World War II and Communist eras, have resulted in a situation in which purchasers are potentially subject to legal challenge by former owners and title insurance is not available. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | I told you in an earlier chapter that George Bush departed so radically from the policies of Ronald Reagan that history books would eventually treat the Reagan and Bush eras as totally different periods. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "ERAS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 98.44% of the time. "ERAS" is used about 64 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 98.44% | 63 | 42,364 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.56% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 64 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "ERAS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Chinese | 时代 (ERA). (various references) | ||||
German | Epochen (epochs). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Kanji | 律令 (a law, a statute, legal codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Katakana | りつりょう (a law, a statute, legal codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models), りつれい (a law, a statute, legal codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models). (various references) | ||||
Korean | 기원 (ERA). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | erasay | ||||
| Language | Date | Source | Job Chapter 38, Verse 4 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Pou hV en tw qemelioun me thn ghn apaggeilon de moi ei episth sunesin |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ubi eras quando ponebam fundamenta terrae indica mihi si habes intellegentiam |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Wher were thou, whan I sette the foundemens of the erthe? sheu to me, if thou hast vnderstonding. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Where were you when I put the earth on its base? Say, if you have knowledge. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Job Chapter 38, Verse 4 |
| Albanian | Ku ishe kur unë hidhja themelet e tokës? Thuaje, në rast se ke aq zgjuarsi. |
| Cebuano | ¶ Diin ka man sa pagtukod ko sa kalibutan? Sumulti ka, kong daw anaay imong salabutan. |
| Croatian | Gdje si bio kad zemlju utemeljih? Kazuj, ako ti je znanje sigurno. |
| Danish | Hvor var du, da jeg grundede Jorden? Sig frem, om du har nogen Indsigt! |
| Dutch | Waar waart gij, toen Ik de aarde grondde? Geef het te kennen, indien gij kloek van verstand zijt. |
| Finnish | Missä olit silloin, kun minä maan perustin? Ilmoita se, jos ymmärryksesi riittää. |
| German | Wo warst du, da ich die Erde gründete? Sage an, bist du so klug! |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Kote ou te ye lè m' t'ap fè latè? Se pou ou reponn mwen si ou konn tout bagay! |
| Hungarian | Hol voltál, mikor a földnek alapot vetettem? Mondd meg, ha tudsz valami okosat! |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sudah adakah engkau ketika bumi Kujadikan? Jika memang luas pengetahuanmu, beritahukan! |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Di manakah engkau tatkala Aku mengalaskan bumi? Berilah tahu itu jikalau kiranya cukup akalmu. |
| Italian | Dov'eri tu quand'io ponevo le fondamenta della terra? Dillo, se hai tanta intelligenza! |
| Maori | ¶ I hea koia koe i ahau e whakatakoto ana i te turanga o te whenua? Whakaaturia mai, ki te mea e mohio ana koe ki te whakaaro. |
| Norwegian | Hvor var du da jeg grunnfestet jorden? Si frem hvis du vet det! |
| Portuguese | Onde estavas tu, quando eu lançava os fundamentos da terra? Faze-mo saber, se tens entendimento. |
| Rumanian | Unde erai tu cknd am kntemeiat pqmkntul? Spune, dacq ai pricepere. |
| Russian | З"Е 'ЩМ ФЩ, ЛПЗ"Б с ПМБЗБМ ПУОПЧБОЙС ЪЕНМЙ? уЛБЦЙ, ЕУМЙ ЪОБЕЫШ. |
| Swedish | Var var du, när jag lade jordens grund? Säg det, om du har ett så stort förstånd. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ERAS": erasabilities, erasability, erasable, erase, erased, eraser, erasers, erases, erasing, erasion, erasions, erasure, erasures. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "ERAS": calderas, cameras, chimaeras, chimeras, choleras, ciguateras, cocineras, copperas, cordilleras, droseras, ephemeras, etceteras, fatshederas, gerberas, guayaberas, habaneras, hetaeras, monsteras, operas, phylloxeras, rivieras, scleras, tapaderas, temperas, tuateras, viniferas, womeras, wommeras, woomeras. (additional references) | |
Words containing "ERAS": acetylcholinesterase, acetylcholinesterases, aminotransferase, aminotransferases, anticholinesterase, anticholinesterases, berascal, berascaled, berascaling, berascals, cerastes, cholinesterase, cholinesterases, copperases, counterassault, counterassaults, epimerase, epimerases, esterase, esterases, interassociation, interassociations, isomerase, isomerases, luciferase, luciferases, overassert, overasserted, overasserting, overassertion, overassertions, overassertive, overasserts, overassessment, overassessments, pectinesterase, pectinesterases, pederast, pederastic, pederasties, pederasts, pederasty, phosphodiesterase, phosphodiesterases, phosphomonoesterase, phosphomonoesterases, polymerase, polymerases, pseudocholinesterase, pseudocholinesterases, transferase. (additional references) | |
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"ERAS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aras, derasa, eaos, Earac, eares, eas, ebas, ebra, ebris, Ecas, Edas, edra, Eeac, Eeris, efra, egas, egris, ehas, eja, Ejaz, Ekram, elas, elaz, emass, enas, enra, eqa, erac, erad, erah, erai, eraj, eral, eram, eran, erao, Erap, eraq, erar, Erasma, Erasmi, erasp, erasrg, erasrgc, erast, erat, erau, erax, eray, erba, erbs, ercans, erds, erea, eres, erest, erex, erez, erfsu, ergas, erib, eries, erii, Eriks, eris, erish, erist, Erka, erks, erls, erns, eroes, eross, erra, erraa, erram, errans, Errars, erray, erris, ersa, Ersari, ersay, erss, erta, erts, erus, erva, erza, Erzan, esas, Esras, eurax, Eures, evas, evra, ferras, iras, irazu, Irdas, Irsa, Jeraj, jerrak, Jervas, leras, Mehras, mersa, nras, Nrsa, oras, orras, perdas, reas, Resa, terras, Urras. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ERAS" (pronounced i"ruz) |
| 3 | -r u z | angoras, buras, cobras, contras, extras, genres, hydras, menorahs, operas, orchestras, Sierras, zebras. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: ares, arse, ears, rase, sear, sera. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-r-s" | |
-1 letter: are, ars, ear, era, ers, ras, res, sae, sea, ser. | |
-2 letters: ae, ar, as, er, es, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-r-s" | |
+1 letter: acres, agers, apers, apres, areas, arise, arles, arose, arses, asker, asper, aster, aures, avers, bares, baser, bears, braes, cares, carse, dares, dears, earls, earns, erase, escar, eskar, eyras, fares, fears, gears, hares, hears, lares, laser, lears, mares, marse, maser, nares, nears, pares, parse, pears, prase, presa, races, rages, raise, rajes, rakes, rales, rapes, rares, rased, raser, rases, rates, raves, raxes, razes, reads, reals, reams, reaps, rears, resaw, resay, rheas, saber, sabre, safer, sager, saker, saner, saree, sarge, saver, sawer, sayer, scare, sears, serac, serai, seral, sewar, share, shear, smear, snare, spare, spear, stare, sware, swear, tares, tears, urase, ureas, ursae, wares, wears, years. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 52 41 53 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references). .-. .- ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01010010 01000001 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E R A S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0052 0041 0053 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39523553 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Quotations: Spoken | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Translations: Modern 11. Bible Trace 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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