Millennium
Ten centuries' duration
A millennium is a period of one thousand years.
People commonly use it to mark historical eras: the first millennium CE, civilizations that lasted for millennia.
The word gained special currency around the year 2000, when the millennium referred to that specific transition.
In Christian theology, the millennium is a prophesied thousand-year reign of Christ on Earth.
Hundred-year span
- epochDistinct historical period
- eraDistinct historical period
- ageDuration of existence
- eonImmense time division
span · duration · calendar · chronology · timekeeping · bimillennial · anniversary · jubilee
Foretelling of future events
- eschatologyStudy of ultimate destiny
- raptureOverwhelming ecstatic feeling
- end-timesProphesied concluding era
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
revelation · tribulation · Armageddon · doomsday · millenarianism · messiah · apocalypse · kingdom
Multinational peacekeeping body
- sustainabilityCapacity to endure indefinitely
- targetsIntended aims or marks
- benchmarksStandards for measuring performance
- eradicationTotal elimination of something
hunger · education · health · partnership · 2015 · international · indicators · progress
Calendar-rollover computer problem
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
- fireworksExplosive light displays
- midnightTwelve o'clock at night
- festivitiesCelebratory events and activities
champagne · revelry · 2000 · 1000 · party · commemoration · gala · spectacle
Handheld connected computer
- cohortGroup sharing circumstances
- demographicStatistical population category
- workforceAll available workers
- housingDwellings or protective covering
generation · tech-savvy · entitled · diverse · urban · career
century
Hundred-year span
eon · span · duration · calendar · chronology · timekeeping · bimillennial · anniversary · jubilee · cycle
prophecy
Foretelling of future events
- eschatologyStudy of ultimate destiny
- raptureOverwhelming ecstatic feeling
- end-timesProphesied concluding era
judgment · revelation · tribulation · Armageddon · doomsday · millenarianism · messiah · apocalypse · kingdom · dispensation
UN
Multinational peacekeeping body
- sustainabilityCapacity to endure indefinitely
- targetsIntended aims or marks
- benchmarksStandards for measuring performance
eradication · hunger · education · health · partnership · 2015 · international · indicators · progress · aid
Y2K
Calendar-rollover computer problem
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
- fireworksExplosive light displays
- midnightTwelve o'clock at night
festivities · champagne · revelry · 2000 · 1000 · party · commemoration · gala · spectacle · ceremony
smartphone
Handheld connected computer
- cohortGroup sharing circumstances
- demographicStatistical population category
- workforceAll available workers
housing · generation · tech-savvy · entitled · diverse · urban · career
- fantasy seriesHarry Potter, Game of Thrones, Narnia, Discworld, Earthsea
- Film StudiosUniversal, Paramount, Disney, Warner Bros, MGM
- TrilogiesLord of the Rings, Star Wars, Matrix, Back to the Future, Dark Knight
- Messianic HopeMessiah, Kingdom of God, Kingdom of Heaven, New Covenant
- Sacred EventsChristmas, Easter, Lent, Advent, Pentecost
Millenniuminstant
Briefest unit of time
moment · second · nanosecond · microsecond · millisecond
- Millennium FalconCorellian freighter spacecraft
- millennium bugDate-coding flaw in software
- Millennium StadiumCardiff's national sports ground
- millennial humorComedy born from burnout
- millennial pinkMuted salmon hue, circa 2016
- millennial jokesComedy about a demographic cohort