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[ ev-er-las-ting, -lah-sting ] / ˌɛv ərˈlæs tɪŋ, -ˈlɑ stɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR everlasting ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivelasting forever; eternal: everlasting future life. lasting or continuing for an indefinitely long time: the everlasting hills. incessant; constantly recurring: He is plagued by everlasting attacks of influenza. wearisome; tedious: She tired of his everlasting puns. nouneternal duration; eternity: What is the span of one life compared with the everlasting? the Everlasting, God. any of various plants that retain their shape or color when dried, as certain composite plants of the genera Helichrysum, Gnaphalium, and Helipterum. Origin of everlastingFirst recorded in 1300–50; Middle English; see origin at ever, lasting ANTONYMS FOR everlastingSEE ANTONYMS FOR everlasting ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for everlasting1. See eternal. OTHER WORDS FROM everlastingev·er·last·ing·ly, adverbev·er·last·ing·ness, nounqua·si-ev·er·last·ing, adjectivequa·si-ev·er·last·ing·ly, adverbWords nearby everlastingevergreen fund, evergreen magnolia, evergreen oak, Evergreen Park, Evergreen State, everlasting, everlasting pea, Everly Brothers, evermore, evernet, Evers Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for everlastingHer second affair was far deeper, tragic and, in its effects, everlasting. Gertrude of Arabia, the Woman Who Invented Iraq|Clive Irving|June 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST The old man has been there and left his tracks in everlasting snow. Pete Dexter’s Indelible Portrait of Author Norman Maclean|Pete Dexter|March 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST But I never want us to regret our everlasting national connection to Hebron. Despite Hebron's Importance, Israel Will Have to Give It Up|Samuel Lebens|October 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST So, to the everlasting shame of President Ronald Reagan, the U.S. did nothing to stop his genocide. Bashar the Terrible|Justin Green|April 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The Daily Pic: Jan Brueghel sparks an everlasting debate between vision and scent. The Eyes Have It|Blake Gopnik|March 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST Yon downward and well-worn way leads sinful souls to the place of everlasting punishment. Folk-Lore and Legends|Anonymous They run downhill, away from the home of the soul, and towards the abodes of everlasting darkness. Expositor's Bible: The Song of Solomon|Walter Adeney But the great point is not to keep 'to-morrow' comfortable, but to keep an everlasting 'to-day.' Daisy's Aunt|E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson To know God as he is, is life; and "all who know not God" shall be "punished with everlasting destruction from his presence." Notes on the Book of Genesis|Charles Henry Mackintosh Tell me not now of our free will—we are but the things of a never-swerving, an everlasting Necessity! Eugene Aram, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
British Dictionary definitions for everlasting
adjectivenever coming to an end; eternal lasting for an indefinitely long period lasting so long or occurring so often as to become tedious; incessantI cannot bear her everlasting complaints nounendless duration; eternity Also called: everlasting flower another name for immortelle See also cat's-foot Derived forms of everlastingeverlastingly, adverbeverlastingness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to everlastingeternal, perpetual, timeless, immortal, unending, abiding, lasting, permanent, constant, boundless, ceaseless, continual, continuous, deathless, endless, imperishable, incessant, indestructible, interminable, limitless |