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pervasive

[per-vey-siv]

adjective

  1. spread throughout.

    The corruption is so pervasive that it is accepted as the way to do business.



pervasive

/ ɜːˈɪɪ /

adjective

  1. pervading or tending to pervade

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • pervasively adverb
  • pervasiveness noun
  • interpervasive adjective
  • interpervasively adverb
  • nonpervasive adjective
  • nonpervasively adverb
  • unpervasive adjective
  • unpervasively adverb
  • ˈ adverb
  • ˈԱ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pervasive1

First recorded in 1730–40; equivalent to Latin (ܲ), past participle of “to pass through” + -ive ( def. ); pervade ( def. )
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pervasive1

C18: from Latin ܲ, past participle of to pervade
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It has become such a pervasive issue that in April the children's commission for England called on the government to introduce legislation to ban them altogether.

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Strater said she did not yet have information about the number of people detained in the raids, but said the fear among workers was pervasive.

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There’s a national attitude that’s pervasive in France where you ask a question and the first reaction is, “Ask him over there.”

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There was a "pervasive fraud environment" at one of the UK's largest trade unions, an auditors' report obtained by the BBC has concluded.

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Even so, doesn’t “Survivor” model another pervasive, broadly embraced version of the American dream as well?

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