epoch

[US]/ˈiːpɒk/
[UK]/ˈepək/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. era, period, age

Phrases & Collocations

a new epoch

historical epoch

epoch-making discovery

pleistocene epoch

holocene epoch

miocene epoch

glacial epoch

Example Sentences

the President's epoch-making trip to China; epoch-making new technologies; an epoch-making architectural work.

We're at the end of the historical epoch, and at the dawn of another.

The chemical match was not yet in existence;at that epoch the Fumade steel represented progress.

Even if in the Tang era of the feudal epoch, the Emperor Tangtaizong had a expostulation liegeman who named Weizheng beside him.He would not make the Emperor Tangtaizong in the shade.

In the northwest of China, auriferous altered cataclasite, adular-sericite quartz vein and quartz reef types are present, and metallogenetic epoch is mainly Hercynian period.

Real-world Examples

A child's first sight of a reddleman was an epoch in his life.

Source: Returning Home

The glacial epoch is over, so why is there ice everywhere?

Source: Selected Literary Poems

We do not choose our historical epoch, the country of our birth, or the immediate circumstances of our upbringing.

Source: 100 Classic English Essays for Recitation

Humanity's impact has been so strong that scientists say a new geological epoch began then.

Source: VOA Special July 2023 Collection

The scientists call it the Anthropocene epoch.

Source: VOA Special July 2023 Collection

Sounds like you and the word " epoch" have a lot of catching up to do.

Source: Rick and Morty Season 3 (Bilingual)

This epoch started sometime between 1950 and 1954, the scientists say.

Source: VOA Special July 2023 Collection

Theories vary in explaining what happened to the great predators of the Jurassic epoch.

Source: Jurassic Fight Club

The Anthropocene epoch shows the power — and hubris — of humankind, several scientists said.

Source: VOA Slow English Technology

Geologists measure time in eons, eras, periods, epochs and ages, with eons being the longest.

Source: VOA Special July 2023 Collection

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