pervasive

per·va·sive

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [per-vey-siv]
- /pərˈveɪ sɪv/
- /pəˈveɪ.sɪv/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [per-vey-siv]
- /pərˈveɪ sɪv/

Definitions of pervasive word

adjective pervasive spread throughout: The corruption is so pervasive that it is accepted as the way to do business. 1
adjective pervasive smell, etc.: permeating 1
adjective pervasive tending to infiltrate or spread 1
adjective pervasive Something, especially something bad, that is pervasive is present or felt throughout a place or thing. 0
adjective pervasive pervading or tending to pervade 0
adjective pervasive tending to pervade or spread throughout 0

See all 6 definitions of pervasive

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Parts of speech for Pervasive

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Pervasive

pervasive popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% 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".

pervasive usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for pervasive

adj pervasive

across the board — If a policy or a situation applies across the board, it affects everything or everyone in a particular group.
all over — All over a place means in every part of it.
all over the place — If something is happening all over the place, it is happening in many different places.
all-encompassing — all-embracing.
all-over — upper; higher up.

adjective pervasive

endemic — (of a disease or condition) regularly found among particular people or in a certain area.
extensive — Covering or affecting a large area.
omnipresent — present everywhere at the same time: the omnipresent God.
outspread — spread out; stretched out: outspread arms.

All 13 Synonyms of pervasive

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