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era

/ˈɛɹ.ə/noun2 syllables

Era means: (baseball) a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness; calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by the pitcher for every nine innings pitched.

Synonyms for era12

noun, as in (baseball) a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness; calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by the pitcher for every nine innings pitched

earned run average

noun, as in a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event

epoch

noun, as in a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods

geological era

also used for era

age, period, cycle, day, generation, Great Year, interval, Platonic year, time

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What does era mean?3

noun

1

(baseball) a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness; calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by the pitcher for every nine innings pitched

2

a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event

3

a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with era?8

two syllables

sarahparavera

four syllables

riviera
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Era in a sentence

  • We talked about the old times, which made me feel nostalgia for that era.Nylez
  • Come on, we're not in that era anymore.end
  • Every era has its difficulties, but former ones had souls, too.Cabo
  • In order to return to our era, what should we do?unknown
  • In the postbiological era, synthetic bodies became the new home of human minds.nonong
  • Thanks to the internet, we're living in the era of procrastination.DJ_Saidez
  • Books make eras and nations, just as eras and nations make books.carlosalberto
  • In all eras, the rose, queen of flowers, has fascinated mankind.AsaeP

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Forms of era

as a noun

plural
eras