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perpetuateperpetuate /pɚˈpɛtʃuˌeɪt/ ●○○ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEperpetuate |
| Present | I, you, we, they | perpetuate | | he, she, it | perpetuates | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | perpetuated | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have perpetuated | | he, she, it | has perpetuated | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had perpetuated | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will perpetuate | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have perpetuated |
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| Present | I | am perpetuating | | he, she, it | is perpetuating | | you, we, they | are perpetuating | | Past | I, he, she, it | was perpetuating | | you, we, they | were perpetuating | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been perpetuating | | he, she, it | has been perpetuating | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been perpetuating | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be perpetuating | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been perpetuating |
to make a situation, attitude, etc., especially a bad one, continue to exist: We have an education system that perpetuates the problems in our society.—perpetuation /pɚˌpɛtʃuˈeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] |