vverb.stativepersist for a specified period of timeSynset:endure last
Examples:- The bad weather lasted for three days
Hypernyms:measure
Inherited Hypernyms:lastmeasurebe
Direct Hyponyms:drag ondrag outendurehold outrunrun forwear
Full Troponyms:drag onrunwear
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something
vverb.stativecontinue to live and avoid dyingSynset:endure go hold out hold up last live live on survive
Examples:- We went without water and food for 3 days
- These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America
- The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents
- how long can a person last without food and water?" "One crash victim died, the other lived
Derivationally Related Form:endurancesurvival
Inherited Hypernyms:survive
Direct Hyponyms:hold uphold waterlive outperennatestand up
Entailment:be live
Full Troponyms:live outperennatestand up
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | Somebody ---s | The business is going to --- (apply to: live, hold out, live on, survive, last, hold up)
adjadj.allcontinuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or placeAttributes:permanence permanency
Synset:permanent
Examples:- permanent secretary to the president
- permanent address
- literature of permanent value
Antonyms:impermanent
Derivationally Related Form:permanencypermanencelastingnesspermanent
Inherited Hypernyms:permanent
Similar to:abiding enduring imperishable aeonian ageless eonian eternal everlasting perpetual unceasing unending indissoluble standing
See also:ineradicable stable unchangeable
adj satadj.allexisting for a long timeSynset:durable long-lasting long-lived
Examples:- hopes for a durable peace
- a long-lasting friendship
Antonyms:short
Derivationally Related Form:durabilitylastingness
Inherited Hypernyms:durable
Similar to:long
adjadj.allretained; not shedTopic:biological sciencebiology
Synset:persistent
Examples:- persistent leaves remain attached past maturity
- the persistent gills of fishes
Antonyms:caducous
Derivationally Related Form:lastingnesspersist
Inherited Hypernyms:persistent
adj satadj.alllasting a long time without changeAntonyms:unstable
Derivationally Related Form:lastingness
Inherited Hypernyms:lasting
Similar to:stable