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- Dictionaryep·och/ˈepək/
noun
- 1. a period of time in history or a person's life, typically one marked by notable events or particular characteristics: "the Victorian epoch"
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1. a. : an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development. b. : a memorable event or date. 2. a. : an extended period of time usually characterized by a distinctive development or by a memorable series of events. b. : a division of geologic time less than a period and greater than an age. 3.
EPOCH definition: 1. a long period of time, especially one in which there are new developments and great change: 2…. Learn more.
EPOCH meaning: 1. a long period of time, especially one in which there are new developments and great change: 2…. Learn more.
noun. a particular period of time marked by distinctive features, events, etc.: The treaty ushered in an epoch of peace and good will. Synonyms: time, era, date, age. the beginning of a distinctive period in the history of anything: The splitting of the atom marked an epoch in scientific discovery.
1.countable noun. If you refer to a long period of time as an epoch, you mean that important events or great changes took place during it. The birth of Christ was the beginning of a major epoch of world history. Synonyms: era, time, age, period More Synonyms of epoch. 2.countable noun [usually supplement NOUN]
An epoch is a period of time marked by certain characteristics: you might describe several peaceful decades in a nation's history as an epoch of peace. In geologic time, an epoch is a division of a period, and an age is a division of an epoch.
1. a period of time marked by distinctive features, noteworthy events, changed conditions, etc.: an epoch of peace. 2. the beginning of a distinctive period in the history of anything. 3. a point of time distinguished by a particular event or state of affairs; a memorable date.
noun. /ˈiːpɒk/ /ˈepək/ (formal or literary) a period of time in history, especially one during which important events or changes happen synonym era. The death of the emperor marked the end of an epoch in the country's history. Extra Examples. Topics Time c2, History c2. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Want to learn more?
EPOCH definition: a long period of time in history. Learn more.
noun. epochs. The beginning of a new and important period in the history of anything. The first earth satellite marked a new epoch in the study of the universe. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A period of time considered in terms of noteworthy and characteristic events, developments, persons, etc. An epoch of social revolution.
