PERPETUATE


Meaning of PERPETUATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pə(r)petʃueɪt ]

( perpetuates, perpetuating, perpetuated)

If someone or something perpetuates a situation, system, or belief, especially a bad one, they cause it to continue.

We must not perpetuate the religious divisions of the past...

This image is a myth perpetuated by the media.

VERB : V n , V-ed

• per‧petua‧tion

The perpetuation of nuclear deployments is morally unacceptable.

N-SING : usu N of n

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