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