perdurable
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9.9
- adjective
- /pərˈdʊrəbəl/
- Formal
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perdurable
- The perdurable quality of the fabric made it a popular choice for outdoor gear, ensuring it lasted for years.
Examples
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She cherished her perdurable friendship with him, as it had lasted through all of life's challenges.
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O perdurable shame!
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I have professed me thy friend and I confess me... ...knit to thy deserving with cables of perdurable toughness.
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Wuthering Heights constitutes an extreme example of the cutting problematization of the self in its normative social and moral dimensions; but endless other nineteenth-century texts offer rich evidence that the self is conceived as anything but a fixed, perdurable, essential entity.
Academic text (1990) -
The ancient tree was known for its perdurable roots, which had withstood countless storms over the centuries.
Synonyms
650
3.2
Continuing for a long time and unlikely to change
82
4.9
Lasting for a long time and not stopping easily
56
3.6
Able to last a long time without breaking or being damaged
38
3.1
Continuing to be present or useful for a long time
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5.3
Very hard to break or damage
27
3.7
To stay the same or work well for a long time
25
2.7
Very strong and hard to damage in normal use
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3.9
Lasting a long time without stopping or getting weaker
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4.9
Always reliable and steady
2
7.3
Not able to be destroyed and lasting forever
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4.2
Continuing for a long time without fading
Not able to be broken or damaged
Lasting for a long time and not temporary
Antonyms
How Durable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word perdurable comes from the Latin parts per- ('through') and durare ('to last'), and is related to the everyday words durable and duration. So, a 'perdurable' thing lasts 'through' time and is very long-lasting.