| NOUN | time | era, epoch | a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event |
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| time | era, geological era | a major division of geological time | |
| communication | ERA, earned run average | (baseball) a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness |
| Sounds | eh'rah; ih'rah | |
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| Rhymes | abracadabra ... zebra: 116 rhymes with rah... | |
| Meaning | A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event. | |
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| Synonym | epoch | |
| Instances | Caliphate | The era of Islam's / Islam's ascendancy from the death of Mohammed until the 13th century |
| Christian era, Common era | The time period beginning with the supposed year of Christ's birth | |
| Narrower | day | An era of existence or influence |
| historic period, age | An era of history having some distinctive feature | |
| modern era | The present or recent times | |
| Broader | time period, period of time, period | An amount of time |
| Spanish | época, era, período | |
| Catalan | època, era, període | |
| Meaning | A major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods. | |
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| Synonym | geological era | |
| Instances | Cenozoic, Cenozoic era, Age of Mammals | approximately the last 63 million years |
| Mesozoic, Mesozoic era, Age of Reptiles | From 230 million to 63 million years ago | |
| Paleozoic, Paleozoic era | From 544 million to about 230 million years ago | |
| Part of | eon, aeon | The longest division of geological time |
| Parts | period, geological period | A unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed |
| Broader | geological time, geologic time | The time of the physical formation and development of the earth (especially prior to human history) |
| Spanish | época, era geológica, era, período | |
| Catalan | època, era | |
| Meaning | (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. | |
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| Synonym | earned run average | |
| Category | baseball, baseball game, ball | A ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players |
| Broader | standard, criterion, measure, touchstone | A basis for comparison |
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