era

era
noun
ADJECTIVE
golden, great

the golden era of radio

new
different
present
modern
bygone, earlier, past, previous

The room had the elegance of a bygone era.

antebellum (AmE), pre-war
post-war
apartheid, civil rights, colonial, post-imperial
Communist, Nazi, Soviet, etc.
dotcom
Clinton, Thatcher, etc.
Edwardian, Napoleonic, Victorian, etc.
Baroque, Classical, Romantic, etc.
Christian, Common

the early centuries of the Christian Era

silent

movies of the silent era

VERB + ERA
herald, mark, usher in

The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in a whole new era.

enter, move into

The country has entered an era of high unemployment.

characterize, define
ERA + VERB
begin
end
PREPOSITION
during an/the era, in an/the era

We live in an era of religious uncertainty.

into era

a practice that has survived into the present era

era in

a new era in the history of art

PHRASES
the beginning of an era, the dawn of an era, the dawning of an era

It feels like the dawning of a new era

be on the threshold of a new era
the end of an era

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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Synonyms:
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