era

«era» in Mova's school dictionary: a long period of history with special features or events… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (an era, eras)

meaning for a pupil

1) An era is a long period of history with special features or events, like the Victorian era. tree →

2) (science) In geology, an era is a very long period of Earth's history, like the Mesozoic Era when dinosaurs lived. tree →

3) An era is any period marked by something new, as in «the era of smartphones». tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons (Victorian era, Tudor era), science (geological eras, dinosaurs), everyday talk («the end of an era»); phrases: a new era, end of an era, the modern era.

examples

• Queen Victoria gave her name to the Victorian era. tree →
• Dinosaurs lived in the Mesozoic Era. tree →
• The internet started a new era. tree →
• When our head teacher retired, it was the end of an era. tree →
• Steam trains were common in that era. tree →
• A new era seemed to have arisen in the poor studio. tree →

note

Countable. Uses «an era». Different words for time: an era is long; a decade is 10 years; a century is 100 years. CE and BCE are «Common Era» and «Before Common Era».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «era» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.