Definitions for ERA

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ERA e·ra

Spelling: [eer-uh, er-uh]

IPA: /ˈɪər ə, ˈɛr ə/

Era is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 3 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 3 points.

You can make 16 anagrams from letters in ERA (aer).

Definitions for ERA

noun

1. a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
2. the period of time to which anything belongs or is to be assigned:
3. a system of chronologic notation reckoned from a given date:
4. a point of time from which succeeding years are numbered, as at the beginning of a system of chronology:
5. a date or an event forming the beginning of any distinctive period:
6. Geology. a major division of geologic time composed of a number of periods.

Origin of ERA

1605-15; Late Latin aera fixed date, era, epoch (from which time is reckoned), probably special use of Latin aera counters (plural of aes piece of metal, money, brass); cognate with Gothic ai

Examples for ERA

The wealth of India was proverbial long before the Christian era.

An era of railroad speculation was then inaugurated, which ended with the crisis of 1873.

Community policing is expensive and, in an era of budget cuts, increasingly rare.

Miles of Soviet era housing projects sat along on the ocean.

What did they do with their greasy blandishments, before the era of cheap photography?

And in this era of impact-blind, across-the-board budget cuts, we see an opportunity.

Many of the fighting nations have lapsed back into the pre-Jonah era.

Even in the medieval era this disparity made Christians uncomfortable.

After a period of confrontation, we are entering an era of negotiation.

One of the most famous directors of this era was Shin Sang-ok (신상옥).