name · noun · 14 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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Meaning 2
Initialism of Equal Rights Amendment, a proposed amendment to the US Constitution.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: government, politics
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Initialism of Employment Rights Act.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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Meaning 4
A time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A geochronologic unit of tens to hundreds of millions of years; a subdivision of an eon, and subdivided into periods.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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Meaning 6
An indefinite period of time in one’s life characterized by a particular interest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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Meaning 7
Initialism of Earth rotation angle (the rotation of the Earth from the Celestial Intermediate Origin that has no instantaneous motion along the equator.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning 12
(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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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