Lasting

  • 11lasting — I adjective abiding, continuing, enduring gering, maintained, perpetuated, perseverant, persistent, persisting, preserved, remaining, standing, staying, sustaining, sustained, undestroyed, uneradicated, unerased, unfailing, unremoved, unrepealed… …

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  • 12lasting — [adj] enduring, unending abiding, constant, continual, continuing, deep rooted, durable, endless, eternal, everlasting, forever, incessant, indelible, indissoluble, inexhaustible, inexpungible, in for the long haul*, lifelong, longstanding, long… …

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  • 13lasting — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ enduring or able to endure for a long time. DERIVATIVES lastingly adverb lastingness noun …

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  • 14lasting — last|ing [ˈla:stıŋ US ˈlæs ] adj [usually before noun] strong enough, well enough planned etc to continue for a very long time = ↑long lasting ▪ The reforms will bring lasting benefits . ▪ Their generosity made a lasting impression on me. ▪ a… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 15lasting — [[t]lɑ͟ːstɪŋ, læ̱st [/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n You can use lasting to describe a situation, result, or agreement that continues to exist or have an effect for a very long time. → See also last We are well on our way to a lasting peace... She left a… …

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  • 16lasting — adjective strong enough, well enough planned etc to last for a very long time: The reforms will bring lasting benefits. | a lasting peace settlement | leave a lasting impression: Our first meeting left a lasting impression on me …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 17lasting — I. adjective Date: 12th century existing or continuing a long while ; enduring • lastingly adverb • lastingness noun Synonyms: lasting, permanent, durable, stable mean enduring for so long as to seem fixed or established. lasting implies a ca …

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  • 18lasting — last|ing [ læstıŋ ] adjective usually before noun * continuing to exist or have an effect for a long time: We have an opportunity here for a lasting peace. a lasting impression (=a feeling or effect that continues for a long time): He left a… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 19lasting */ — UK [ˈlɑːstɪŋ] / US [ˈlæstɪŋ] adjective [usually before noun] continuing to exist or have an effect for a long time We have an opportunity here for a lasting peace. a lasting impression (= a feeling or effect that continues for a long time): He… …

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  • 20lasting — adjective a lasting friendship Syn: enduring, long lasting, long lived, abiding, continuing, long term, surviving, persisting, permanent; durable, constant, stable, established, secure, long standing; unchanging, irreversible, immutable …

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