PERPETUAL


Meaning of PERPETUAL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pə(r)petʃuəl ]

1.

A perpetual feeling, state, or quality is one that never ends or changes.

...the creation of a perpetual union.

= permanent

ADJ : usu ADJ n

• per‧pet‧ual‧ly

They were all perpetually starving...

= permanently

ADV : ADV with v , ADV adj / prep

2.

A perpetual act, situation, or state is one that happens again and again and so seems never to end.

I thought her perpetual complaints were going to prove too much for me.

= continual

ADJ : usu ADJ n

• per‧pet‧ual‧ly

He perpetually interferes in political affairs.

= continually

ADV : ADV with v , ADV adj / prep

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