Era vs Er - What's the difference?
era | er |
A time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year.
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(geology) A unit of time, smaller than .
(informal) To utter the word "er" when hesitating in speech, found almost exclusively in the phrase um and er .
As a noun era
is era, age.era
English
Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Even in an era when individuality in dress is a cult, his clothes were noticeable. He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white.}}
citation, passage=In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance.}}
Synonyms
* (time period of indeterminate length) age, epoch, period * See alsoDerived terms
* (geological time unit)Coordinate terms
*Anagrams
* ----er
English
Verb
- He ummed and erred his way through the presentation.