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everlasting definition

ever·last·ing (ev′ər las′tiŋ)

adjective

  1. never coming to an end; lasting forever; eternal
  2. going on for a long time; lasting indefinitely; durable
  3. going on too long or happening too often; seeming never to stop

noun

  1. eternity
    1. any of various plants, mostly of the composite family, whose blossoms keep their color and shape when dried; esp., the strawflower
    2. the blossom of such a plant

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everlasting Idioms

the Everlasting

God

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everlasting Synonyms

everlasting

modif.

eternal, enduring, unending, perpetual; see eternal 1, 2, permanent 2, perpetual 1, 2.


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everlasting Usage Examples

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • have: And God will give you long life upon the earth, that you may have life everlasting in the Kingdom of the Heavens.

Modifies a noun

  • dominion: His dominion is an everlasting dominion which will not pass away.

Modifying Another Word

  • virtually: This material has excellent thermal properties and is virtually everlasting.
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everlasting quotes

Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

-Bible (Old Testament)

The L hath appeared of old unto me, saying,Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

-Bible (Old Testament)

If parts allure thee, think how Bacon shined, The wisest, brightest, meanest of mankind: Or ravished with the whistling of a name, See Cromwell, damned to everlasting fame!

-Pope, Alexander

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