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perpetual
What does perpetual mean?
perpetual (adjective): lasting forever, or for an indefinitely long time.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use perpetual in a sentence?
- Lifelong education means perpetual retraining. (Tatoeba sentence #271762 by Auride, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce perpetual?
/pɚˈpɛtʃuəl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does perpetual come from?
From Middle English perpetuel, from Old French perpetuel, from Latin perpetuālis (“universal”), from perpetuus, from petō.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of perpetual?
Words related to perpetual
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “perpetual” mean?
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
Not quite: that's what low means.
with little or no sound; free of disturbing noise
Not quite: that's what quiet means.
lasting forever, or for an indefinitely long time
Right! That's what “perpetual” means.
being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting
Not quite: that's what parallel means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “perpetual”?
eternal
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outside
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general
Not quite: general means something else.
several
Not quite: several means something else.
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