everlasting
Lasting or enduring foreverLasting or enduring forever; endless, eternal.
» I'm tired of your everlasting grumbles.
Я устал от твоего вечного ворчания.
Я устала от твоего вечного ворчания.
Я устал от вашего вечного ворчания.
Я устала от вашего вечного ворчания.
Meaning
9 sensesLasting or enduring forever; endless, eternal.
Lasting or enduring forever; endless, eternal.
Chiefly of a deity or other supernatural being: having always existed and will continue to exist forever; eternal.
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Synonym of sempiternal (“having infinite temporal duration, rather than outside time and thus lacking temporal duration altogether”).
(excessive, informal)Continuing for a long period; eternal.
this everlasting nonsense
endlos
бесконе́чныйbeskonéčnyj, бескра́йнийbeskrájnij
continuing forever or indefinitely
(excessive, informal)Happening all the time, especially to a tiresome extent; constant, incessant, unending.
(excessive, informal)Of clothing or fabric: lasting a long time; very durable or hard-wearing.
Chiefly in the name of a plant:
(excessive, informal)Having flowers that retain their colour and form when dried.
(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”).
(US, archaic, excessive, informal, regional)Used as an intensifier.
Examples
14 sentencesI'm tired of your everlasting grumbles.
ruЯ устал от твоего вечного ворчания.
She finds an everlasting enjoyment in music.
She attained everlasting fame through her work.
deSie erlangte durch ihre Arbeit ewigen Ruhm.
We die, but some chess games are everlasting.
ruМы смертны, но некоторые шахматные партии бессмертны.
deWir sind sterblich, aber einige Schachspiele sind unsterblich.
God appointed blue to be an everlasting source of delight.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English ever-lasting (“(adjective) eternal, perpetual; constant; (adverb) eterFrom 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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Forms
more everlasting, most everlasting| Comparative | more everlasting Lesson |
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| Superlative | most everlasting Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
33 synonymsAntonyms
4 antonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form