permanence
permanence
Definition
per·ma·nence (pʉr′mə nəns)
noun
the state or quality of being permanent
Etymology: ME < ML permanentia
permanence
Synonyms
permanence
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- achieve: I know of no such object which has achieved permanence.
- ensure: Final arrangements to ensure the permanence of the record are to be decided.
- give: The Borley Rectory affair ensured that the participants were given historical permanence by accident.
- have: An email address has more permanence than the name of a street or building.
- provide: Adoption can provide that permanence by transferring all parental rights to the childâs new family, this is done by a Court Order.
Adjective modifier
- more: An email address has more permanence than the name of a street or building.
- archival: You've got archival permanence on a CD but it's the reader that may not be available in 20 years.
- relative: Others have argued that the relative permanence of such forms of body modification militates against their full absorption into the fashion system.
- great: Because they would be based on revenue rather than capital funding, RSOs would have greater permanence and stability.
Modifies a noun
- order: That might mean insufficient scrutiny of what has happened in the child's life since the permanence order was made.
- rating: The working group developed an initial permanence rating system that could be applied to the range of digital resources that the NLM publishes.
- planning: This briefing will be useful to anyone involved in making decisions about permanence planning for children.
Noun used with modifier
- object: The laws of object permanence are nullified for " cool " characters.
- print: For some reason the section also includes a section on print permanence -- didn't I just read all about that in chapter 5?
Preposition: of
- marriage: Marriage without Separation The way in which the woman was created is also important in connection with the permanence of marriage.
- form: The written word is more reliable because of its permanence of form.
- material: There may be difficulties with permanence of electronic material.
- object: Such a relationship should maintain an ethics of preservation in order to ensure the permanence of the objects.
Preposition: with
- accountability: These decisions were characterized by one of their prime movers as intended to give the Treaty ' permanence with accountability ' .
Preposition: for
- child: The Adoption and Children Act introduces a new legal option called special guardianship to provide permanence for children where adoption may not be suitable.
Browse dictionary entries near permanence
