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lasting Definition

last·ing (las′tiŋ)

adjective

that lasts a long time; enduring; durable a lasting peace

noun

  1. a strong twilled cloth
  2. Archaic endurance

lasting Related Forms

last′·ingly adverb last′·ing·ness noun

lasting Synonyms

lasting

modif.

enduring, abiding, constant; see permanent 2, perpetual 1.

lasting Usage Examples

Preposition: about

  • minute: Spread over ten exercises lasting about 5 minutes each.
  • hour: Outline of syllabus There will be 11 sessions lasting about 3 hours.

Preposition: around

  • minute: With each level only lasting around ten minutes is doesn't cause much of a problem.
  • month: This could be over one or more waves, each lasting around 3 months.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

create: Literary experimentation has often proved most influential when itâs breaking down barriers, rather than creating anything particularly lasting or even memorable.

Modifies a noun

  • impression: The trip also left a lasting impression on Laura Wyn Jones.
  • legacy: Find out more about the lasting legacy the 2012 London Games could leave behind.
  • friendship: I have met some wonderful people during my holidays over the years, some of them having turned into lasting friendships.
  • peace: Tom has to spend a time in exile, away from home, in order to bring about a lasting peace.
  • memorial: Char's Fund will be the means by which we will build a lasting memorial to our daughter.
  • memento: A drumming soldier would look great in any pageboy's bedroom and a solid pewter tankard is a lasting memento.

Modifying Another Word

  • long: A high quality, long lasting, durable alkaline battery.
  • longer: Steel is longer lasting, won't potentially leach chemicals into the water and you can boil as little as you want.
  • truly: Are we not capable of demonstrating our peaceful intentions by applying all our abilities and our ingenuity to achieving a truly lasting stability?
  • ever: Like you get up to heaven and they're like " you didn't know how ever lasting life works?
  • usually: They also have volunteer placements in a more ad hoc manner usually lasting between 6-8 weeks.
  • only: With each level only lasting around ten minutes is doesn't cause much of a problem.

Used with adjective complement

scan: The 1mm scan lasted 18 minutes, and each successive scan took less time, with the 6mm scan lasting 3 minutes.

Preposition: for

  • minute: Originally broadcast on Radio 4 at 7.30pm, with each episode nominally lasting for 30 minutes.
  • year: Harsh taxation caused unrest in Gaul and plague swept into the empire from the east, lasting for years.