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How to pronounce era

IPA transcription: ['ɛɹə]

Pronunciation variants: ['ɛɹə]['ɪɹə]

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Noun

  • a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event

  • a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods

  • (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

Usage examples

  • Simmons thereby set the record for the shortest federal Cabinet career in Canadian history.
  • The act also provided Federal funding assistance towards non-food purchases for school equipment.
  • The crash of the UFO shows that extraterrestrials are also vulnerable.
  • Subsequently, the word 'cateran' came to refer to those Highland bandits or malefactors.
  • Luther Preparatory School is the oldest Lutheran high school in the United States.
  • Carry lookahead logic uses the concepts of "generating" and "propagating" carries.
  • His work was highly influential on the younger generation of maritime painters.
  • One Zero approached within several feet of Baggett.
  • Currently, Cora is the General Manager of the Puerto Rico national baseball team.
  • In general, people have difficulties estimating risks correctly.