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ERAS

Definition: ERAS

ERAS

Plural

1. Of Era

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "ERAS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

 

Crosswords: ERAS

English words defined with "ERAS": aboriginal, aeoneonLandmarks of historyprimaeval, 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).

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Modern Usage: ERAS

DomainUsage

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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Commercial Usage: ERAS

DomainTitle

Books

  • American Eras 1600-1754: The Colonial Era 1600-1754 (American Eras, Vol 2) (reference)

  • American Eras: Development of a Nation 1783-1815 (American Eras, Vol 4) (reference)

  • American Eras: Early American Civilizations and Exploration to 1600 (American Eras, Vol 1) (reference)

  • American Eras: The Revolutionary Era 1754-1783 (American Eras, Vol 3) (reference)

  • American Eras: Westward Expansion 1800-1860 (American Eras, Vol 6) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: ERAS

ThumbnailDescription & 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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Use in Literature: ERAS

TitleAuthorQuote

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.

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Non-Fiction Usage: ERAS

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

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Spoken Usage: ERAS

SpeakerPhrase(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.

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Usage Frequency: ERAS

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (plural)98.44%6342,364
Noun (proper)1.56%1339,140
                    Total100.00%64N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translations: ERAS

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: ERAS

LanguageDateSourceJob Chapter 38, Verse 4
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintPou hV en tw qemelioun me thn ghn apaggeilon de moi ei episth sunesin
Latin405VulgateUbi eras quando ponebam fundamenta terrae indica mihi si habes intellegentiam
Middle English1395WyclifWher were thou, whan I sette the foundemens of the erthe? sheu to me, if thou hast vnderstonding.
Jacobean English1611King JamesWhere wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
Victorian English1833WebsterWhere wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
Basic English1964OgdenWhere 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.

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Matched Bible Translations: ERAS

LanguageJob Chapter 38, Verse 4
AlbanianKu 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.
CroatianGdje si bio kad zemlju utemeljih? Kazuj, ako ti je znanje sigurno.
DanishHvor var du, da jeg grundede Jorden? Sig frem, om du har nogen Indsigt!
DutchWaar waart gij, toen Ik de aarde grondde? Geef het te kennen, indien gij kloek van verstand zijt.
FinnishMissä olit silloin, kun minä maan perustin? Ilmoita se, jos ymmärryksesi riittää.
GermanWo 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!
HungarianHol voltál, mikor a földnek alapot vetettem? Mondd meg, ha tudsz valami okosat!
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariSudah adakah engkau ketika bumi Kujadikan? Jika memang luas pengetahuanmu, beritahukan!
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaDi manakah engkau tatkala Aku mengalaskan bumi? Berilah tahu itu jikalau kiranya cukup akalmu.
ItalianDov'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.
NorwegianHvor var du da jeg grunnfestet jorden? Si frem hvis du vet det!
PortugueseOnde estavas tu, quando eu lançava os fundamentos da terra? Faze-mo saber, se tens entendimento.   
RumanianUnde erai tu cknd am kntemeiat pqmkntul? Spune, dacq ai pricepere.
RussianЗ"Е 'ЩМ ФЩ, ЛПЗ"Б с ПМБЗБМ ПУОПЧБОЙС ЪЕНМЙ? уЛБЦЙ, ЕУМЙ ЪОБЕЫШ.
SwedishVar 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.

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Derivations & Misspellings: ERAS

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)


Misspellings

"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).

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Rhyming with "ERAS"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "ERAS" (pronounced i"ruz)
3-r u zangoras, buras, cobras, contras, extras, genres, hydras, menorahs, operas, orchestras, Sierras, zebras.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: ERAS

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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.

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Alternative Orthography: ERAS


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 52 41 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.    .-.    .-    ...

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01010010 01000001 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#82 &#65 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0052 0041 0053

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

39523553

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INDEX

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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