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adjective existing perpetually; everlasting, especially without significant change.
intended to exist or function for a long, indefinite period without regard to unforeseeable conditions: a permanent employee; the permanent headquarters of the United Nations.
long-lasting or nonfading: permanent pleating; permanent ink.
noun Also called permanent wave . a wave or curl that is set into the hair by the application of a special chemical preparation and that remains for a number of months.
Origin of permanent 1400–50; late Middle English <Latin permanent- (stem of permanēns ), present participle of permanēre to remain. See per-, remain, -ent
SYNONYMS FOR permanent 1 stable, invariable, constant.
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OTHER WORDS FROM permanent per·ma·nent·ly, adverb per·ma·nent·ness, noun non·per·ma·nent, adjective non·per·ma·nent·ly, adverb
pseu·do·per·ma·nent, adjective qua·si-per·ma·nent, adjective qua·si-per·ma·nent·ly, adverb sub·per·ma·nent, adjective sub·per·ma·nent·ly, adverb un·per·ma·nent, adjective un·per·ma·nent·ly, adverb
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Example sentences from the Web for permanent Since 2017, Moscow has managed a permanent military base in Tartus and an air base in Khmeimim — both on Syria’s Mediterranean coast.
Butterfly Effect: The Next U.S.-Russia Conflict Theater Could be the Mediterranean | Charu Kasturi| September 17, 2020| Ozy
Some are in rental units without subsidies and the largest group, 43 percent, are in permanent housing.
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As Amazon’s first “permanent online-only” Whole Foods in Brooklyn underscores, they may wind up in what seem like the unlikeliest of places, too.
That Whole Foods is an Amazon warehouse; get used to it | Connie Loizos| September 4, 2020| TechCrunch
If Nintendo does that clock feature right, I can see these things earning a permanent spot on a lot of people’s desks.
Nintendo is remaking the first portable gaming system it ever built | Greg Kumparak| September 3, 2020| TechCrunch
Turns out the head injury had left some permanent aftereffects.
The Accidental Attempted Murder | Eugene Robinson| September 2, 2020| Ozy
The offices were firebombed in 2011; no one was hurt but a permanent police car was subsequently stationed outside.
France Mourns—and Hunts | Nico Hines, Christopher Dickey| January 8, 2015| DAILY BEAST
Plus, while sometimes IPs can be “permanent ”, at other times IPs last just a few seconds.
No, North Korea Didn’t Hack Sony | Marc Rogers| December 24, 2014| DAILY BEAST
At least one parent would have to be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
The Progressive Case Against Birthright Citizenship | Keli Goff| December 15, 2014| DAILY BEAST
They seemed like a permanent part of the mindscape, the way mountains or rivers are part of the physical world.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman| December 13, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Such is the strange and permanent apocalypse of 21st-century L.A.
The Fiery Underground Oil Pit Eating L.A. | Geoff Manaugh| December 6, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Between Daur and Samarra there was nothing but desert, with gazelles and jackals the only permanent inhabitants.
War in the Garden of Eden | Kermit Roosevelt
Thus they would fasten upon the country a great army of permanent officials.
A "Permanent World's Fair" may be a phrase distressing to the literal mind.
The Art Of The Moving Picture | Vachel Lindsay
But all the efforts of the governor to effect the permanent civilization of these miserable people proved utterly abortive.
Peter Parley's Tales About America and Australia | Samuel Griswold Goodrich
Still, it was improving; and I felt that I must act at once if I did not want to be a permanent wanderer on the face of the earth.
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British Dictionary definitions for permanent adjective existing or intended to exist for an indefinite period a permanent structure
not expected to change for an indefinite time; not temporary a permanent condition
Derived forms of permanent permanently , adverb Word Origin for permanent C15: from Latin permanens continuing, from permanēre to stay to the end, from per- through + manēre to remain
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