(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Something that is ~ lasts for ever.
Heavy drinking can cause ~ damage to the brain...
The ban is intended to be ~.
? temporary
ADJ
~ly
His reason had been ~ly affected by what he had witnessed...
? temporarily
ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj
permanence
Anything which threatens the permanence of the treaty is a threat to peace.
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2.
You use ~ to describe situations or states that keep occurring or which seem to exist all the time; used especially to describe problems or difficulties.
...a ~ state of tension...
They feel under ~ threat...
= constant
ADJ: usu ADJ n
~ly
...the heavy, ~ly locked gate.
ADV
3.
A ~ employee is one who is employed for an unlimited length of time.
...a ~ job.
? temporary
ADJ: ADJ n
~ly
...~ly employed registered dockers.
ADV: ADV with v
4.
Your ~ home or your ~ address is the one at which you spend most of your time or the one that you return to after having stayed in other places.
York Cottage was as near to a ~ home as the children knew...
ADJ: ADJ n
5.
A ~ is a treatment where a hair stylist curls your hair and treats it with a chemical so that it stays curly for several months. (AM; in BRIT, use perm )
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