everlasting
Lasting or enduring foreverLasting or enduring forever; endless, eternal.
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. — corvard
She finds an everlasting enjoyment in music.
She attained everlasting fame through her work.
deSie erlangte durch ihre Arbeit ewigen Ruhm. — Yorwba
We die, but some chess games are everlasting.
ruМы смертны, но некоторые шахматные партии бессмертны. — carlosalberto
deWir sind sterblich, aber einige Schachspiele sind unsterblich. — carlosalberto
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 |
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Synonyms
32 synonymsAntonyms
4 antonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
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