lasting
About 10.16 uses per million words.
Meaning
- 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.
- adjective Persisting forever.
- verb present participle and gerund of last
- noun In full lasting cloth: a durable, plain woven fabric formerly used for making clothes and for the uppers of women's shoes.
- noun The act or process of shaping footwear on a last.
- 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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