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Definition of Lasting
1. Adjective. Continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place. "Literature of permanent value"
Attributes: Permanence, Permanency
Also: Unchangeable, Ineradicable, Stable
Similar to: Abiding, Enduring, Imperishable, Aeonian, Ageless, Eonian, Eternal, Everlasting, Perpetual, Unceasing, Unending, Indissoluble, Standing
Derivative terms: Lastingness, Permanence, Permanency, Permanent
Antonyms: Impermanent
2. Adjective. Existing for a long time. "A long-lasting friendship"
Similar to: Long
Derivative terms: Durability, Lastingness
3. Adjective. Retained; not shed. "The persistent gills of fishes"
Category relationships: Biological Science, Biology
Derivative terms: Lastingness, Persist, Persist
Antonyms: Caducous
4. Adjective. Lasting a long time without change. "A lasting relationship"
Definition of Lasting
1. a. Existing or continuing a long while; enduring; as, a lasting good or evil; a lasting color.
2. n. Continuance; endurance.
Definition of Lasting
1. Adjective. Persisting for an extended period of time. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of last) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lasting
1. a durable fabric [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lasting
Literary usage of Lasting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"Fanny thought exactly the same ; and they were also quite agreed in their opinion
of the lasting effect, the indelible impression, ..."
2. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1890)
"A CASE OF URAEMIA WITH CHEYNE-STOKES RESPIRATION lasting SIX DAYS, TERMINATING
IN RECOVERY. BY NORTON DOWNS. MD, SIDENT PHYSICIAN PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL. ..."
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