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permanence Definition

per·ma·nence (pʉrmə nəns)

noun

the state or quality of being permanent

Etymology: ME < ML permanentia

permanence Synonyms

permanence

n.

continuity, dependability, durability, immutability; see stability 1.

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.