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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
lasting or continuing forever.
A number of religions believe in a perpetual life after death.- synonyms:
- everlasting
- antonyms:
- ephemeral, temporary, transient
- similar words:
- abiding, ceaseless, endless, enduring, eternal, perennial, permanent, persistent, sempiternal, undying
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| definition 2: |
lasting or intended to last for an indefinite or unlimited time.
The money his father left gives him a perpetual income.- synonyms:
- lasting
- antonyms:
- ephemeral, temporary, transient
- similar words:
- ceaseless, durable, everlasting, permanent
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| definition 3: |
recurring or continuing without stop or interruption.
The inventor's goal was to build a perpetual motion machine.Her seemingly perpetual complaining was a burden to her husband.- synonyms:
- continuous, unceasing
- antonyms:
- intermittent
- similar words:
- ceaseless, constant, continual, endless, incessant, nonstop, perennial, persistent, recurrent, unbroken
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| definition 4: |
of a flowering plant, producing blooms throughout the growing season.
- similar words:
- long-lived
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| related words: |
immortal, immutable, life, longstanding, standing, timeless |
adverb + (adj.)perpetual
seemingly
(adj.)perpetual
+ noun
adolescence,
adolescent,
adoration,
agony,
also-ran,
anxiety,
astonishment,
backwardness,
beard,
bloom,
bond,
boredom,
calendar,
chaos,
chronometer,
cloud,
cold,
combat,
conflict,
confusion,
copyright,
crisis,
curtain,
cycle,
darkness,
decline,
diet,
discontent,
dissatisfaction,
drought,
dusk,
emergency,
endeavor,
entrepreneur,
excitement,
exhaustion,
exile,
fantasy,
fear,
fertility,
festival,
flux,
fog,
frown,
frustration,
gloom,
gridlock,
grin,
harvest,
help,
hunger,
indulgence,
jam,
journey,
kingship,
license,
limbo,
longing,
machine,
maintenance,
memorial,
mess,
misery,
motion,
mourning,
optimist,
parade,
peace,
perfection,
presence,
present,
promise,
prosperity,
quest,
reminder,
renewal,
republic,
revolution,
rivalry,
rush,
saving,
scheme,
scowl,
search,
shadow,
shine,
slide,
smile,
smirk,
squint,
struggle,
sunshine,
surprise,
suspense,
tension,
terror,
tide,
traffic,
twilight,
variation,
virginity,
vow,
wanderer,
warfare,
watch,
youth
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| derivation: |
perpetually (adv.) |
The word perpetual
contains the following part:
per-
Latin
prefix
that means through, throughout; very
  Example words:
impermeable, impermissible, imperturbable, impervious, parvenu, perambulate, perceive, perception, percolate, perennial, perfect, perfidy, perfoliate, perforate, perform, perfunctory, perjury, permanent, permeate, permissible, permission, permit, permute, pernicious, perorate, perpetual, perplex, persecute, persevere, persist, persistent, perspective, perspicacious, perspicuous, perspire, persuade, persuasion, persuasive, pertinacious, perturb, peruse, pervade, perverse, pervert, pervious, semipermeable
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