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- Dictionaryperpetual/pəˈpɛtʃʊəl/
adjective
- 1. never ending or changing: "deep caves in perpetual darkness" Similar Opposite
- 2. occurring repeatedly; so frequent as to seem endless and uninterrupted: "their perpetual money worries" Similar
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adjective. uk / pəˈpetʃ.u.əl / us / pɚˈpetʃ.u.əl / Add to word list. continuing for ever in the same way: They lived in perpetual fear of being discovered. He has hard, cold eyes and his mouth is set in a perpetual sneer. a perpetual student. often repeated: perpetual vandalism. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Always & never. again.
The meaning of PERPETUAL is continuing forever : everlasting. How to use perpetual in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Perpetual.
adjective. us / pɚˈpetʃ.u.əl / uk / pəˈpetʃ.u.əl / Add to word list. continuing forever in the same way: They lived in perpetual fear of being discovered. He has hard, cold eyes and his mouth is set in a perpetual sneer. a perpetual student. often repeated: perpetual vandalism. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Always & never. again.
5 meanings: 1. eternal; permanent 2. seemingly ceaseless because often repeated 3. horticulture blooming throughout the growing.... Click for more definitions.
continuing or enduring forever; everlasting. Synonyms: enduring, permanent. Antonyms: temporary. lasting an indefinitely long time: perpetual snow. continuing or continued without intermission or interruption; ceaseless: a perpetual stream of visitors all day. Synonyms: uninterrupted, unending, constant, incessant, continuous.
Use the adjective perpetual to describe something that never ends or changes. If you're a perpetual procrastinator, your dilly-dallying ways are never going to improve.
adjective. /pəˈpetʃuəl/ /pərˈpetʃuəl/ [usually before noun] continuing for a long period of time without stopping or being interrupted synonym continuous. the perpetual noise of traffic. We lived for years in a perpetual state of fear. (literary) mountain peaks covered with perpetual snows and ice. Extra Examples. Topics Time c2.
1. continuing or enduring forever; everlasting. 2. lasting an indefinitely long time. 3. continuing or continued without intermission or interruption: a perpetual stream of visitors.
Noun. Filter. adjective. Lasting forever; never-ending. Conceived heaven as a state of perpetual bliss. American Heritage. Lasting or enduring forever or for an indefinitely long time; eternal; permanent. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Continuing indefinitely without interruption; unceasing; constant. A perpetual nuisance.
adjective. uk / pəˈpetʃuəl / us. Add to word list. never ending: He seems to be in a perpetual state of confusion. perpetually. adverb. (Definition of perpetual from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of perpetual. in Chinese (Traditional) 永久的,永恆的, 長期的, 不斷重複的… See more. in Chinese (Simplified)