EGAVE

lasting

About 10.16 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Persisting for an extended period of time.
    After World War I it was hoped that a lasting peace had been achieved. It hadn’t.
  2. adjective Persisting forever.
  3. verb present participle and gerund of last
  4. noun In full lasting cloth: a durable, plain woven fabric formerly used for making clothes and for the uppers of women's shoes.
  5. noun The act or process of shaping footwear on a last.
  6. noun The action or state of persisting; the time during which something or someone persists.

Similar words

long-lasting enduring long-lived durable abiding perpetual eonian eternal everlasting ageless

Often followed by

peace for and impression effect from effects impact influence

Word family

lastingly lastingness lastingnesses lastings

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