Meaning

2 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)The state of being permanent.

    Permanenz, Dauerhaftigkeit

    постоя́нствоpostojánstvo

  2. (countable, uncountable)The reciprocal of magnetic inductance.

More definitions
  • the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration

Examples

4 sentences

  1. He doesn't have object permanence yet.

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  2. She doesn't have object permanence yet.

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  3. They don't have object permanence.

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  4. He is confident of permanence.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
the state of being permanent:
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By meaning 1
the state of being permanent:

Origin

From Middle English permanence, permanens, from Middle French permanence, from Medieval La

From Middle English permanence, permanens, from Middle French permanence, from Medieval Latin permanentia, from Latin permaneō (“to remain; last”).

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Forms

plural: permanences
Singularpermanence
Pluralpermanences

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
perduranceremanencecontinuancepermanencypermansionremanency
Close in meaning
  • the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration:permanency

Antonyms

2 antonyms
state:transienceimpermanence

Word family

4 related words
RelatedpermanentB1impermanence
Derivedobject permanencesemipermanence

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
perkypermpermafrostpermanentB1permanentlyB1
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