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ALPHA AND OMEGA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does alpha and omega mean? 

ALPHA AND OMEGA (noun)
  The noun ALPHA AND OMEGA has 2 senses:

1. the first and last; signifies God's eternityplay

2. the basic meaning of something; the crucial partplay

  Familiarity information: ALPHA AND OMEGA used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ALPHA AND OMEGA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The first and last; signifies God's eternity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("alpha and omega" is a kind of...):

eternity; infinity (time without end)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The basic meaning of something; the crucial part

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("alpha and omega" is a kind of...):

crux; crux of the matter (the most important point)


 Context examples 


That I merited all I endured, I acknowledged—that I could scarcely endure more, I pleaded; and the alpha and omega of my heart's wishes broke involuntarily from my lips in the words—'Jane! Jane! Jane!'

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)



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