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perm Definition

perm (pʉrm)

noun

permanent

transitive verb

to give a permanent to

Perm Definition

Perm (perm)

city in E European Russia, on the Kama River: pop. 1,086,000

perm Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • get: If Spike is so tortured why did he get a perm?
  • have: Having a perm or coloring the hair can have a positive effect on your self esteem.
  • set: Then I set perms 740 For Private User Areas: I chown all the files to user that made them and group www.
  • give: I was given a perm that had to be re-done a week later, by someone I would call Lucrecia Scissorhands.

Preposition: for

  • candidate: This position will start at temp and become perm for the right candidate.

Adjective modifier

  • full: Full cover perms are the most popular kind of pools entry.
  • curly: The music wasn't the problem, it was the curly perms that went with it!
  • shaggy: A fledgling shaggy poodle perm straight out of the late 80s.
  • wet: Takes me back to the days of wet look perms, headbands and formation dancing!

Modifies a noun

  • basis: Our client who is based in the Aston area is looking to recruit a Finance Officer on a temp to perm basis.
  • position: Have a very good reputation for finding you a good perm position.
  • contract: They're looking to recruit an experienced full time office Administrator on a temp to perm contract.
  • opportunity: This is a temp to perm opportunity within the Pensions systems team of this firm.
  • post: If applying for the perm post you will have 2wks paid leave in the 1st year.
  • role: The role offers variety, a challenge and great financial rewards and is a temp to perm role.

Noun used with modifier

  • permutation: If the second argument is a permutation perm then the classes of the result are sorted by application of this permutation.
  • bubble: Next month Kevin Keegan demonstrates winning ways with a bubble perm.
  • poodle: Thankfully he's talking about musical influences: Guy's a massive Nirvana fan, " Nirvana saved the whole world from poodle perms.
  • cover: Full cover perms are the most popular kind of pools entry.
  • home: The US ' home perm ' was part of the emancipation of UK women in the 1950s ( detail of ad only shown ).