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perpetual

[per-pech-oo-uhl]

adjective

  1. continuing or enduring forever; everlasting.

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  2. lasting an indefinitely long time.

    perpetual snow.

  3. continuing or continued without intermission or interruption; ceaseless.

    a perpetual stream of visitors all day.

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  4. blooming almost continuously throughout the season or the year.



noun

  1. a hybrid rose that is perpetual.

  2. a perennial plant.

perpetual

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adjective

  1. (usually prenominal) eternal; permanent

  2. (usually prenominal) seemingly ceaseless because often repeated

    your perpetual complaints

  3. horticulture blooming throughout the growing season or year

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. (of a crop plant) continually producing edible parts: perpetual spinach

  2. a plant that blooms throughout the growing season

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

  • perpetuality noun
  • perpetualness noun
  • perpetually adverb
  • nonperpetual adjective
  • quasi-perpetual adjective
  • ±è±ð°ùˈ±è±ð³Ù³Ü²¹±ô±ô²â adverb
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of perpetual1

First recorded in 1300–50; late Middle English perpetuall, from Latin ±è±ð°ù±è±ð³Ù³ÜÄå±ô¾±²õ “permanent, universal, general,†equivalent to perpetu(us) “continuous, uninterrupted†( per- “through, thoroughly†+ pet-, base of petere “to seek, reach for†+ -uus adjective suffix derived from a verb) + -Äå±ô¾±²õ adjective suffix; replacing Middle English perpetuel, from Middle French, from Latin as above; per-, -al 1
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of perpetual1

C14: via Old French from Latin ±è±ð°ù±è±ð³Ù³ÜÄå±ô¾±²õ universal, from perpes continuous, from per- (thoroughly) + petere to go towards
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Example Sentences

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Even as someone who lives and breathes politics in the United States, I continue to be in a state of perpetual disbelief.

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Hitler believed the German people must never be allowed to “cool offâ€; on the contrary, they had to be subjected to a perpetual drumbeat.

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Norm was universal from the first time he entered the hostelry — as perpetual student and not-very-effective waitress Diane Chambers would have put it.

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And information can arrive at any moment, demanding a degree of perpetual open mindedness.

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He has bright blue eyes and a perpetual smile, the kind of aura that makes it difficult to look at him directly for too long because it feels like staring into the sun.

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