Meaning

9 senses
  1. Lasting or enduring forever; endless, eternal.

  2. Lasting or enduring forever; endless, eternal.

    Chiefly of a deity or other supernatural being: having always existed and will continue to exist forever; eternal.

    ewig

  3. Synonym of sempiternal (“having infinite temporal duration, rather than outside time and thus lacking temporal duration altogether”).

  4. (excessive, informal)Continuing for a long period; eternal.

    this everlasting nonsense

    endlos

    бесконе́чныйbeskonéčnyj, бескра́йнийbeskrájnij

    continuing forever or indefinitely

  5. (excessive, informal)Happening all the time, especially to a tiresome extent; constant, incessant, unending.

  6. (excessive, informal)Of clothing or fabric: lasting a long time; very durable or hard-wearing.

  7. Chiefly in the name of a plant:

    (excessive, informal)Having flowers that retain their colour and form when dried.

  8. (excessive, informal)Of a plant or plant part: synonym of perennial (“active throughout the year, or having a life cycle of more than two growing seasons”).

  9. (US, archaic, excessive, informal, regional)Used as an intensifier.

Examples

14 sentences
  1. I'm tired of your everlasting grumbles.

    ruЯ устал от твоего вечного ворчания.

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  2. She finds an everlasting enjoyment in music.

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  3. She attained everlasting fame through her work.

    deSie erlangte durch ihre Arbeit ewigen Ruhm.

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  4. We die, but some chess games are everlasting.

    ruМы смертны, но некоторые шахматные партии бессмертны.

    deWir sind sterblich, aber einige Schachspiele sind unsterblich.

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  5. God appointed blue to be an everlasting source of delight.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal:
continuing for a long period — see also eternal:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal:
continuing for a long period — see also eternal:

Origin

From Middle English ever-lasting (“(adjective) eternal, perpetual; constant; (adverb) eter

From Middle English ever-lasting (“(adjective) eternal, perpetual; constant; (adverb) eternally; (noun) eternity”), from ever (“at all times, always, constantly; eternally, perpetually; regularly; etc.”) + lasting (“continuing, lasting; eternal; etc.”).

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