ADJECTIVE | all | dateless, endless, sempiternal | having no known beginning and presumably no end |
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all | dateless | of such great duration as to preclude the possibility of being assigned a date / date | |
all | dateless, undated | not bearing a date / date | |
all | dateless, timeless | unaffected by time |
Meaning | Having no known beginning and presumably no end. | |
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Example | "the dateless rise and fall of the tides" | |
Synonyms | endless, sempiternal | |
Broader | infinite | Having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude |
Spanish | inmemorial, sempiterno |
Meaning | Of such great duration as to preclude the possibility of being assigned a date / date. | |
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Example | "dateless customs" | |
Broader | undatable | not capable of being given a date / date |
Meaning | not bearing a date / date. | |
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Example | "a dateless letter" | |
Synonym | undated | |
Broader | undatable | not capable of being given a date / date |
Meaning | unaffected by time. | |
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Example | "few characters are so dateless as Hamlet" | |
Synonym | timeless | |
Broader | unaltered, unchanged | Remaining in an original state |
Spanish | eterno, imperecedero, inacabable, infinito, intemporal, interminable, perdurable, perpetuo, sempiterno | |
Catalan | etern, inacabable, infinit, interminable, perdurable, perpertu, sempitern |
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