timeless

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adj 5noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

cruel, elegant, ethereal, indecent, intellectual, soaring, unique, white

VERB + TIMELESS

behold, book, captures, drank, exude, features, feeling, rush

TIMELESS + NOUN

beauty, chaos, cr, death, glass, grace, masterpiece, moments

PREP.

with

ADV.

always, indeed, nly, really

Definitions

adj

Eternal.

When Worlds, that count his Circles now, unhing’d, (Fate the loud Signal sounding) headlong rush To timeless Night and Chaos, whence they rose.

Not affected by time; ageless.

Done at an improper time; unseasonable; untimely.

Must I behold thy timeless, cruel death?

The lamp of day is quench’d beneath the deep, And soft approach the balmy hours of sleep: Nor fits it to prolong the heav’nly feast Timeless, indecent, but retire to rest.

Not decreasing over time in quality and appeal.

The cave carvings have a timeless beauty.

Without a time limit; untimed.

a timeless cricket match

noun

A gene encoding an essential protein that regulates circadian rhythm, normally written in italics: timeless.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — unaffected by time

dateless

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

When Worlds, that count his Circles now, unhing’d, (Fate the loud Signal sounding) headlong rush To timeless Night and Chaos, whence they rose.

Wiktionary

Must I behold thy timeless, cruel death?

Wiktionary

The lamp of day is quench’d beneath the deep, And soft approach the balmy hours of sleep: Nor fits it to prolong the heav’nly feast Timeless, indecent, but retire to rest.

Wiktionary

Islamic culture has given us majestic arches and soaring spires; timeless poetry and cherished music; elegant calligraphy and places of peaceful contemplation.

Tatoeba · #376893

This movie is indeed a timeless masterpiece.

Tatoeba · #1698482

Saint Augustine's "Confessions" tells a timeless tale of intellectual search ending in orthodoxy.

Tatoeba · #2041969

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