permanence
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5.5
- noun
- /ˈpɜːrmənəns/
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permanencia
- If I become an assistant manager, it's just one more step towards permanence.
- permanence and continuity
- stability and permanence
- sense of permanence
So through work, this objectivity and permanence becomes something possible.
- So through work, this objectivity and permanence becomes something possible.
- And thereby you can have a permanence of history, right?
- Under Hitler there was no end to the permanence of power.
- So I placed so much importance in the permanence of, of video, documenting things on video.
- And I think there's going to be some permanence to the dynamics, the changes coming across COVID.
- What is the Is there any permanence in our preoccupation with traditional streets?
- Just accept it, accepting permanence deeply and fully, and then you realise that life is wonderful nevertheless.
- It explains the permanence of the of heredity because it's replicated every time a cell and therefore Organism divides.
- Look, I can't stay mad at you if you're out of my sight for a couple of minutes because I lack object permanence.
- And then permanence and consistency in the what, what we do.
Examples
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The old oak tree in the park symbolizes the permanence of nature in our lives.
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The issue of Parliament's role and its permanence in the Constitution had been resolved.
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There is no such thing as permanence in this part of the world.
Fiction book (1991) -
Tradition is the illusion of permanence.
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Nevertheless, it effectively had achieved the perhaps more essential goal of ensuring the permanence of federal bankruptcy law.
Academic text (2017) -
Because a kin group was the basis of social organization, there was an assumed permanence in its structure.
Academic text (1998) -
For all that, though, music taken as a whole holds hints of eternity, of permanence.
Academic text (2011) -
When you're young, you don't realize the permanence of your decisions.
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The seemingly most ephemeral layer of representation is credited with the effect of permanence and the responsibility for memory.
Academic text (2000) -
The dilemma is how to negotiate between the dream of permanence and ever-changing technologies.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
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4.7
A situation where things stay the same or keep happening without big changes
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5.5
A long life or time that something lasts
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9.6
A situation that lasts forever
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4.9
A state of lasting for a long time
The quality of lasting for a long time
The fact of lasting without stopping
The state of lasting over time
Ability to stay in good condition for a long time
A quality of lasting a long time and resisting damage
Lasting for a very long time without breaking or wearing out
The quality of staying the same over time
A state when something stays the same over time
A time that never ends
A state of seeming to last or really lasting without an end
A state in which a problem or illness lasts a long time
An old word for the length of time something lasts
Antonyms
How Permanent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Permanence comes from Latin parts per- 'through' and manere 'to stay'. So think of it as 'staying through time'. The same root is in permanent and remain, which is why permanence means 'lasting' or 'continuing'.