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per·pet·u·al
(pər-pĕch′o͞o-əl)adj.
1. Lasting forever; never-ending: conceived heaven as a state of perpetual bliss.
2. Continuing or being so for an indefinitely long time: found themselves in perpetual debt; felt like a perpetual outsider. See Synonyms at continual.
3. Flowering throughout the growing season.
[Middle English perpetuel, from Old French, from Latin perpetuālis, from perpetuus, continuous : per-, per- + petere, to go toward; see pet- in Indo-European roots.]
per·pet′u·al·ly adv.
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perpetual
(pəˈpɛtjʊəl)adj
1. (usually prenominal) eternal; permanent
2. (usually prenominal) seemingly ceaseless because often repeated: your perpetual complaints.
3. (Horticulture) horticulture blooming throughout the growing season or year
n
4. (of a crop plant) continually producing edible parts: perpetual spinach
5. (Horticulture) a plant that blooms throughout the growing season
[C14: via Old French from Latin perpetuālis universal, from perpes continuous, from per- (thoroughly) + petere to go towards]
perˈpetually adv
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per•pet•u•al
(pərˈpɛtʃ u əl)adj.
1. continuing or enduring forever; everlasting.
2. lasting an indefinitely long time.
3. continuing or continued without intermission or interruption: a perpetual stream of visitors.
4. blooming throughout the growing season.
n. 5. a perpetual plant.
6. a variety of continuously blooming hybrid rose.
[1300–50; Middle English perpetuel (< Middle French) < Latin perpetuālis permanent =perpetu(us) uninterrupted (per- per- + petere to seek, reach for + -uus deverbal adj. suffix) + -ālis -al1]
per•pet′u•al•ly, adv.
syn: See eternal.
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| Adj. | 1. |  perpetual - continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven" |
| 2. |  perpetual - uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; "the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city"; "the never-ending search for happiness"; "the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy"; "man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation"; "unremitting demands of hunger"continuous, uninterrupted - continuing in time or space without interruption; "a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light"- James Jeans; "a continuous bout of illness lasting six months"; "lived in continuous fear"; "a continuous row of warehouses"; "a continuous line has no gaps or breaks in it"; "moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks" |
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perpetual
adjective
1. everlasting, permanent, endless, eternal, lasting, enduring, abiding, perennial, infinite, immortal, never-ending, unending, unchanging, undying, sempiternal (literary) the regions of perpetual night at the lunar poles
everlasting passing, brief, temporary, fleeting, short-lived, momentary, ephemeral, transitory, impermanent
everlasting passing, brief, temporary, fleeting, short-lived, momentary, ephemeral, transitory, impermanent
2. continual, repeated, constant, endless, continuous, persistent, perennial, recurrent, never-ending, uninterrupted, interminable, incessant, ceaseless, unremitting, unfailing, unceasing her perpetual complaints
continual passing, brief, temporary, fleeting, short-lived, momentary, ephemeral, transitory, impermanent
continual passing, brief, temporary, fleeting, short-lived, momentary, ephemeral, transitory, impermanent
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
perpetual
adjective1. Enduring for all time:
amaranthine, ceaseless, endless, eternal, everlasting, immortal, never-ending, unending, world without end.
Archaic: eterne.
2. Existing or occurring without interruption or end:
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Translations
يُخَلِّد، يُديم
neustálývěčný
evig
örökké tartó
eilífur, sífelldur
mūžīgsnebeidzams
perpetual
[pəˈpetjʊəl]A. ADJ (= eternal) [youth] → eterno; [smile, snow] → perpetuo; (= continuous) [complaints] → continuo, constante
he has a perpetual grin on his face → tiene una sonrisa perpetua or permanente or (hum) perenne en la cara
she is in a state of perpetual anxiety → está en un perpetuo estado de preocupación
it was a perpetual reminder of her dependency on him → era un constante recordatorio de su dependencia de él
his perpetual nagging gets on my nerves → sus quejas constantes or continuas me ponen de los nervios
he has a perpetual grin on his face → tiene una sonrisa perpetua or permanente or (hum) perenne en la cara
she is in a state of perpetual anxiety → está en un perpetuo estado de preocupación
it was a perpetual reminder of her dependency on him → era un constante recordatorio de su dependencia de él
his perpetual nagging gets on my nerves → sus quejas constantes or continuas me ponen de los nervios
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
perpetual
adj → ständig, fortwährend, immer während; joy → stet; ice, snow → ewig; you’re a perpetual source of amazement to me → ich muss mich immer wieder über dich wundern; perpetual motion/motion machine → Perpetuum mobile nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
perpetual
[pəˈpɛtjʊəl] adj (gen, motion) → perpetuo/a; (ice, snow) → perenne; (continuous, noise, complaining) → incessante, continuo/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
perpetual
(pəˈpetʃuəl) adjective lasting for ever or for a long time; occurring repeatedly over a long time. He lives in perpetual fear of being discovered; perpetual noise.
perˈpetually adverbKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.