permanent Definition
per·ma·nent (pʉr′mə nənt)
adjective
- lasting or intended to last indefinitely without change
- lasting a relatively long time
Etymology: ME < MFr < L permanens, prp. of permanere < per, through + manere, to remain: see manor
noun
a hair wave that is produced as by applying chemical preparations and that remains even after the hair is washed
permanent Related Forms
permanent Synonyms
permanent
modif.
Perpetual
unchanging, continual, changeless; see perpetual 1.Intended to last for a considerable time
durable, enduring, abiding, uninterrupted, stable, continuing, unremitting, unremittent, lasting, perdurable, firm, hard, tough, strong, rocklike, hardy, robust, sound, sturdy, steadfast, imperishable, surviving, living, long-lived, long-standing, invariable, persisting, tenacious, persevering, unyielding, resisting, resistant, impenetrable, recurring, wearing, constant, changeless, holding, persistent, perennial.
permanent Usage Examples
Adjective complement with noun phrase
make: I will look in to ways to make things more permanent soon.
Modifies a noun
- residence: That is, those persons who do not have a normal permanent residence in the UK.
- endowment: The trustees cannot normally spend permanent endowment without our authority.
- exclusion: Recent figures show two thirds of permanent exclusions involve children with special needs.
- fixture: Held at Lord's - the home of cricket, this is a permanent fixture in many diaries!
- secretary: The Civil Service Management Board will be replaced with a Permanent Secretaries Management Group on which all first Permanent Secretaries will be represented.
- establishment: For tax purposes, a Spanish branch office of a foreign company is considered a permanent establishment in Spain.
Modifying Another Word
- almost: We've also seen wars become an almost permanent feature of human society.
- relatively: Also, one tends to perceive an IM conversation as ephemeral and email as relatively permanent ( thus the CYA email tradition ).
- apparently: Sometimes, of course, the hypnotic influence is so strong that a single treatment will produce an apparently permanent cure.
- possibly: What GATS does do, however, is to entrench privatization and make it irreversible, possibly permanent.
- then: Should you continue to post messages contrary to Forum rules then permanent banning will result.
Used with adjective complement
- become: Once a PCV license has been gained your position will become permanent.
- make: The agreement was made permanent the following month, on release of £ 6,000.
- seem: The rout seems permanent; hence the smallness of the company at table since the voyage began.
- go: This role is an initial 6- month contract with the possibility of going permanent.
- grant: For the post which granted permanent are hard to.
Preposition: in
sense: The open meeting places could vary a lot in form and timing but be permanent in some approximate sense over the long term.
Preposition: for
Browse dictionary entries near permanent
- ‹ permanency
- ‹ permanence
- ‹ permalloy
- ‹ permafrost
- ‹ perm
- ‹ perlite
- ‹ Perlis
- ‹ Perl
- ‹ perky
- ‹ Perkins

