adj
Meaning 1
Eternal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
timeless
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adj
Meaning 2
Not affected by time; ageless.
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adj
Meaning 3
Done at an improper time; unseasonable; untimely.
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Usage: obsolete
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adj
Meaning 4
Not decreasing over time in quality and appeal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The cave carvings have a timeless beauty.
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adj
Meaning 5
Without a time limit; untimed.
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Examples
- a timeless cricket match
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adj
Meaning 6
Outside of time; extratemporal.
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noun
Meaning 7
A gene encoding an essential protein that regulates circadian rhythm, normally written in italics: timeless.
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adjective satellite
Meaning 8
unaffected by time
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- few characters are so dateless as Hamlet
- Helen's timeless beauty
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dateless
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deh2-der. Proto-Indo-European *deh2y- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *dh2i-mon- Proto-Germanic *tīmô Proto-West Germanic *tīmō Old English tīma Middle English tyme English time Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English timeless From time + -less.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: неостаряващ (neostarjavašt) — not decreasing over time in quality and appeal
- Dutch: tijdloos — not decreasing over time in quality and appeal
- Finnish: ajaton — not decreasing over time in quality and appeal
- French: intemporel — not decreasing over time in quality and appeal
- German: zeitlos — not decreasing over time in quality and appeal
- Greek: διαχρονικός (diachronikós) — not decreasing over time in quality and appeal
- Hindi: कालातीत (kālātīt) — not decreasing over time in quality and appeal
- Hungarian: időtlen — not decreasing over time in quality and appeal
- Polish: ponadczasowy — not decreasing over time in quality and appeal
- Polish: bezczasowy — not decreasing over time in quality and appeal
- Portuguese: intemporal — not decreasing over time in quality and appeal
- Romanian: extemporal — not decreasing over time in quality and appeal
- Russian: неподвла́стный вре́мени (nepodvlástnyj vrémeni) — not decreasing over time in quality and appeal
- Spanish: intemporal — not decreasing over time in quality and appeal
- Spanish: atemporal — not decreasing over time in quality and appeal
- Spanish: ácrono — not decreasing over time in quality and appeal
- Spanish: acrónico — not decreasing over time in quality and appeal
- Swedish: tidlös — not decreasing over time in quality and appeal
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