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- [puh-ren-ee-uh l]
- /pəˈrɛn i əl/
- /pəˈren.i.əl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [puh-ren-ee-uh l]
- /pəˈrɛn i əl/
Definitions of perennial word
- adjective perennial lasting for an indefinitely long time; enduring: her perennial beauty. 1
- adjective perennial (of plants) having a life cycle lasting more than two years. 1
- adjective perennial lasting or continuing throughout the entire year, as a stream. 1
- adjective perennial perpetual; everlasting; continuing; recurrent. 1
- noun perennial a perennial plant: Daffodils and tulips are perennials. 1
- noun perennial something that is continuing or recurrent. 1
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Origin of perennial
First appearance:
before 1635 One of the 43% oldest English words
1635-45; < Latin perenni(s) lasting the whole year through (per- per- + -enn-, combining form of annus year + -is adj. suffix) + -al1
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Parts of speech for Perennial
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
perennial popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
perennial usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for perennial
noun perennial
adj perennial
- ceaseless — If something, often something unpleasant, is ceaseless, it continues for a long time without stopping or changing.
- centennial — A centennial is the same as a centenary.
- chronic — A chronic illness or disability lasts for a very long time. Compare acute.
- day and night — If something happens day and night or night and day, it happens all the time without stopping.
- diurnal — of or relating to a day or each day; daily.
adjective perennial
- epochal — Forming or characterizing an epoch; epoch-making.
- eternal — Lasting or existing forever; without end or beginning.
- evergreen — Of or denoting a plant that retains green leaves throughout the year.
- neverending — having or likely to have no end: never-ending worry.
- orbital — of or relating to an orbit.
Antonyms for perennial
adjective perennial
- ceasing — to stop; discontinue: Not all medieval beliefs have ceased to exist.
- ending — An end or final part of something, especially a period of time, an activity, or a book or movie.
- interrupted — having an irregular or discontinuous arrangement, as of leaflets along a stem.
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