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单词 permanence
释义

Definition of permanence in English:

permanence

noun ˈpəːmənənsˈpərmənəns
mass noun
  • The state or quality of lasting or remaining unchanged indefinitely.

    the clarity and permanence of the dyes
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the psyche of the second and third generation Tibetans, there is no real sense of permanence.
    • The exceptional audio and video quality and the permanence of the medium are things we really like.
    • The singing and laughing is louder than ever, as if the volume of our voices has a way of creating permanence.
    • An entryway of brick steps adds warmth and character and helps to project a sense of quality and permanence.
    • Security, stability and permanence would be best achieved through adoption.
    • Their greatness can perhaps be best measured in terms of their permanence.
    • There was a sense of permanence in my mind, and as the morning spread out I was aware of the opportunity for making a new start.
    • Such a sense of permanence, of an unbroken link to the past, is one of the lures of islands.
    • The feelings of solidity and permanence are illusory, for nothing is truly solid and permanent in this life.
    • Yet vast reserves of potential support awaited any regime that could achieve that stability, and that permanence.
    • This is a place where traditions run deep, and where the long shadow of Ben Nevis seems to add a sense of permanence to the town.
    • Stone steps, stairways, benches and gate posts can all add a feeling of permanence to a garden.
    • Other Italians admired the quality of permanence which printing gave to literature in general.
    • For all the apparent permanence, within a protracted, geological time-scale, sandstone is in fact quite quick to change.
    • A great path not only offers access, it helps form the garden's structural backbone and creates a feeling of permanence.
    • It's fun to work on something that has some permanence, something that could outlast me.
    • Such permanence makes local journalists more aware of the power of print.
    • All of this is characterized by redundant aspects of stability, permanence and continuity.
    • This gave her strength and a feeling of permanence, continuity and contentment with her home.
    • The long term permanence of the change is perhaps more interesting.
    Synonyms
    stability, durability, persistence, permanency, fixity, fixedness, changelessness, immutability, endurance, dependability, constancy, continuance, continuity, immortality, indestructibility, perpetuity, endlessness
    rare lastingness, everlastingness, eternalness, eternality, perdurability, perenniality, imperishability, inalterability, unchangeableness, unchangeability

Derivatives

  • permanency

  • noun ˈpəːmənənsiˈpərm(ə)nənsi
    • And I've always been fascinated by the sheer permanency of sculpture.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A garden without evergreens is a garden without a backbone; plants that keep their leaves add permanency, security and structure.
      • Everybody believes that permanency and predictability in tax policy is the best way to do that.
      • They have stability and permanency and support.
      • The Society's plan of care provides permanency and stability, while recognizing the individual needs of each child.

Origin

Late Middle English: from medieval Latin permanentia (perhaps via French), from permanent- 'remaining to the end', from the verb permanere.

Rhymes

impermanence
 
 

Definition of permanence in US English:

permanence

nounˈpərmənənsˈpərmənəns
  • The state or quality of lasting or remaining unchanged indefinitely.

    the clarity and permanence of the dyes
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Other Italians admired the quality of permanence which printing gave to literature in general.
    • Their greatness can perhaps be best measured in terms of their permanence.
    • For all the apparent permanence, within a protracted, geological time-scale, sandstone is in fact quite quick to change.
    • An entryway of brick steps adds warmth and character and helps to project a sense of quality and permanence.
    • The long term permanence of the change is perhaps more interesting.
    • Stone steps, stairways, benches and gate posts can all add a feeling of permanence to a garden.
    • There was a sense of permanence in my mind, and as the morning spread out I was aware of the opportunity for making a new start.
    • The singing and laughing is louder than ever, as if the volume of our voices has a way of creating permanence.
    • Security, stability and permanence would be best achieved through adoption.
    • It's fun to work on something that has some permanence, something that could outlast me.
    • The feelings of solidity and permanence are illusory, for nothing is truly solid and permanent in this life.
    • All of this is characterized by redundant aspects of stability, permanence and continuity.
    • This gave her strength and a feeling of permanence, continuity and contentment with her home.
    • This is a place where traditions run deep, and where the long shadow of Ben Nevis seems to add a sense of permanence to the town.
    • Such a sense of permanence, of an unbroken link to the past, is one of the lures of islands.
    • The exceptional audio and video quality and the permanence of the medium are things we really like.
    • Yet vast reserves of potential support awaited any regime that could achieve that stability, and that permanence.
    • Such permanence makes local journalists more aware of the power of print.
    • A great path not only offers access, it helps form the garden's structural backbone and creates a feeling of permanence.
    • In the psyche of the second and third generation Tibetans, there is no real sense of permanence.
    Synonyms
    stability, durability, persistence, permanency, fixity, fixedness, changelessness, immutability, endurance, dependability, constancy, continuance, continuity, immortality, indestructibility, perpetuity, endlessness

Origin

Late Middle English: from medieval Latin permanentia (perhaps via French), from permanent- ‘remaining to the end’, from the verb permanere.

 
 
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