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perpetual
[per-pech-oo-uhl]
adjective
continuing or enduring forever; everlasting.
Synonyms: ,Antonyms:lasting an indefinitely long time.
perpetual snow.
continuing or continued without intermission or interruption; ceaseless.
a perpetual stream of visitors all day.
Synonyms: , , , ,Antonyms:blooming almost continuously throughout the season or the year.
noun
a hybrid rose that is perpetual.
a perennial plant.
perpetual
/ əˈɛʊə /
adjective
(usually prenominal) eternal; permanent
(usually prenominal) seemingly ceaseless because often repeated
your perpetual complaints
horticulture blooming throughout the growing season or year
noun
(of a crop plant) continually producing edible parts: perpetual spinach
a plant that blooms throughout the growing season
Other Word Forms
- perpetuality noun
- perpetualness noun
- perpetually adverb
- nonperpetual adjective
- quasi-perpetual adjective
- ˈٳܲ adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of perpetual1
Word History and Origins
Origin of perpetual1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Even as someone who lives and breathes politics in the United States, I continue to be in a state of perpetual disbelief.
Hitler believed the German people must never be allowed to “cool off”; on the contrary, they had to be subjected to a perpetual drumbeat.
Norm was universal from the first time he entered the hostelry — as perpetual student and not-very-effective waitress Diane Chambers would have put it.
And information can arrive at any moment, demanding a degree of perpetual open mindedness.
He has bright blue eyes and a perpetual smile, the kind of aura that makes it difficult to look at him directly for too long because it feels like staring into the sun.
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