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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.
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.
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.
5 meanings: 1. eternal; permanent 2. seemingly ceaseless because often repeated 3. horticulture blooming throughout the growing.... Click for more definitions.
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.
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.
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)
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.
