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- Dictionaryperpetuate/pəˈpɛtʃʊeɪt/
verb
- 1. make (something) continue indefinitely: "the confusion was perpetuated through inadvertence"
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to cause something to continue: Increasing the supply of weapons will only perpetuate the violence and anarchy. The aim of the association is to perpetuate the skills of traditional furniture design. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Continue & last. bash on. bubble away. carry (something) on. cease. cont. echo. immortality. immortally.
Perpetuate definition: to enable or allow the continuation of into the future; keep alive (used most often in reference to something considered harmful or false). See examples of PERPETUATE used in a sentence.
The meaning of PERPETUATE is to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely. How to use perpetuate in a sentence.
to cause something to continue: Increasing the supply of weapons will only perpetuate the violence and anarchy. The aim of the association is to perpetuate the skills of traditional furniture design. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Continue & last. bash on. bubble away. carry (something) on. cease. cont. echo. immortality. immortally.
If you perpetuate something, you help it last. Perpetrate , on the other hand, means to commit a criminal act. Needless to say, you wouldn't want to perpetuate the acts of perpetrators!
verb. If someone or something perpetuates a situation, system, or belief, especially a bad one, they cause it to continue. We must not perpetuate the religious divisions of the past. [VERB noun] This image is a myth perpetuated by the media. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: maintain, preserve, sustain, keep up More Synonyms of perpetuate.
Definition of perpetuate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. To cause to continue indefinitely; make perpetual. 2. To prolong the existence of; cause to be remembered: The new library will perpetuate its founder's great love of learning. [Latin perpetuāre, perpetuāt-, from perpetuus, continuous; see perpetual .] per·pet′u·ance, per·pet′u·a′tion n. per·pet′u·a′tor n.
to make something continue, especially something bad: People think of him as a cruel man, an image perpetuated by the media. (Definition of perpetuate from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
perpetuate meaning, definition, what is perpetuate: to make a situation, attitude etc, espec...: Learn more.
