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- [per-pech-oo-uh l]
- /pərˈpɛtʃ u əl/
- /pəˈpetʃ.u.əl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [per-pech-oo-uh l]
- /pərˈpɛtʃ u əl/
Definitions of perpetual word
- adjective perpetual continuing or enduring forever; everlasting. 1
- adjective perpetual lasting an indefinitely long time: perpetual snow. 1
- adjective perpetual continuing or continued without intermission or interruption; ceaseless: a perpetual stream of visitors all day. 1
- adjective perpetual blooming almost continuously throughout the season or the year. 1
- noun perpetual a hybrid rose that is perpetual. 1
- noun perpetual a perennial plant. 1
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Origin of perpetual
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; late Middle English perpetuall < Latin perpetuālis permanent, equivalent to perpetu(us) uninterrupted (per- per- + pet-, base of petere to seek, reach for + -uus deverbal adj. suffix) + -ālis -al1; replacing Middle English perpetuel < Middle French < Latin as above
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Parts of speech for Perpetual
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
perpetual popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% 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".
perpetual usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for perpetual
adj perpetual
- abiding — An abiding feeling, memory, or interest is one that you have for a very long time.
- addicting — a person who is addicted to an activity, habit, or substance: a drug addict.
- aeonian — everlasting
- all-embracing — Something that is all-embracing includes or affects everyone or everything.
- all-time — You use all-time when you are comparing all the things of a particular type that there have ever been. For example, if you say that something is the all-time best, you mean that it is the best thing of its type that there has ever been.
adjective perpetual
- ageless — If you describe someone as ageless, you mean that they never seem to look any older.
- continued — continuing; not having stopped
- continuing — not ended; ongoing
- deathless — immortal, esp because of greatness; everlasting
- endless — Having or seeming to have no end or limit.
Antonyms for perpetual
adj perpetual
- banausic — merely mechanical; materialistic; utilitarian
- deciduous — A deciduous tree or bush is one that loses its leaves in the autumn every year.
- flasher — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- fleeting — swift; rapid: to be fleet of foot; a fleet horse.
- here and there — in this place; in this spot or locality (opposed to there): Put the pen here.
adjective perpetual
- 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.
- ephemeral — An ephemeral plant.
- epochal — Forming or characterizing an epoch; epoch-making.
- interrupted — having an irregular or discontinuous arrangement, as of leaflets along a stem.
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