Perpetual
adjective
Continuing forever or without stopping.
The region is known for its perpetual sunshine.
Often appears as...
- perpetual motion
- perpetual cycle
adjective
Happening very often or much of the time.
She seems to be in a perpetual state of confusion.
Often appears as...
- perpetual uncertainty
- perpetual conflict
adjective
A perpetual affair or situation is one that will exist for ever.
Its buildings are a perpetual reminder of the city's past.
Often appears as...
- perpetual reminder
- perpetual existence
adjective
Continuing forever or without stopping.
The region is known for its perpetual sunshine.
Often appears as...
- perpetual motion
- perpetual cycle
adjective
Happening very often or much of the time.
She seems to be in a perpetual state of confusion.
Often appears as...
- perpetual uncertainty
- perpetual conflict
adjective
A perpetual affair or situation is one that will exist for ever.
Its buildings are a perpetual reminder of the city's past.
Often appears as...
- perpetual reminder
- perpetual existence
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Emphasize Continuity
Use 'perpetual' to stress unending duration, often in a hyperbolic sense.
Her perpetual enthusiasm makes her the life of the party.
Pro Tip 2/3Unchanging Condition
'Perpetual' can describe something that remains unchanged over time.
Despite the advancing technology, his perpetual love for classic cars never waned.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Literal
Often, 'perpetual' is used figuratively rather than literally.
The perpetual noise in this city is overwhelming.
Pro Tip 1/3Emphasize Continuity
Use 'perpetual' to stress unending duration, often in a hyperbolic sense.
Her perpetual enthusiasm makes her the life of the party.
Pro Tip 2/3Unchanging Condition
'Perpetual' can describe something that remains unchanged over time.
Despite the advancing technology, his perpetual love for classic cars never waned.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Literal
Often, 'perpetual' is used figuratively rather than literally.
The perpetual noise in this city is overwhelming.
Pro Tip 1/3Emphasize Continuity
Use 'perpetual' to stress unending duration, often in a hyperbolic sense.
Her perpetual enthusiasm makes her the life of the party.
Pro Tip 2/3Unchanging Condition
'Perpetual' can describe something that remains unchanged over time.
Despite the advancing technology, his perpetual love for classic cars never waned.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Literal
Often, 'perpetual' is used figuratively rather than literally.
The perpetual noise in this city is overwhelming.
Compare with
ceaseconstantcontinuousendlesseternaleverlastingincessantinterminablepersistent
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Video examples
The myth of Prometheus -...
Prometheus was to be chained to a cliff for eternity. Each day, he would be visited by a vulture who would tear out his liver and each night his liver would grow back to be attacked again in the morning. Although Prometheus remained in perpetual agony, he never expressed regret at his act of rebellion.
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I am the son of a...
I had already moved 20 times in my life, and that instability during my childhood didn't really provide an opportunity to make many friends. Each time I would begin to feel comfortable around someone, it was time to pack up and move to the next town. Being the perpetual new face in class,
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Sean Carroll: Distant...
It is a perpetual impulse that pushes galaxies apart from each other. Because dark energy, unlike matter or radiation, does not dilute away as the universe expands. The amount of energy in each cubic centimeter remains the same, even as the universe gets bigger and bigger.
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How Africa can use its...
a phenomenon for which I would have to constantly and perpetually seek the validation of those it belonged to for me to make progress within it and with it. That was tough for a child; it would be tough for anyone. As I grew up and I advanced academically,
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The psychological weight...
have anything i wanted as long as i ate it with a knife and a fork trust me it feels ridiculous to eat a snickers bar like this but it helped me be more conscious of what i was eating i learned to be in perpetual motion all day every day
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The Water Crisis PIPE...
there's anything we can do to help save the population nowadays because we divert so much water upstream this is salt water perpetually throughout the year in the winter and spring normally this water that we're on top of would be
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Eric X. Li: A tale of...
and stay there and get worse until the next election. Democracy is becoming a perpetual cycle of elect and regret. At this rate, I'm afraid it is democracy, not China's one-party system, that is in danger of losing legitimacy.
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Why are these 32 symbols...
a shadowy opening in a limestone cliff that draws you in. As you pass through the portal between light and dark, you enter a subterranean world -- a place of perpetual gloom, of earthy smells, of hushed silence.
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Why don't perpetual...
The imbalance would keep the wheel turning forever. Bhaskara's drawing was one of the earliest designs for a perpetual motion machine, a device that can do work indefinitely without any external energy source.
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Pink Catfish Discovered...
as the day wears on deep in the heart of this venezuelan mountain george's mission into perpetual darkness
Video examples
The myth of Prometheus -...
Prometheus was to be chained to a cliff for eternity. Each day, he would be visited by a vulture who would tear out his liver and each night his liver would grow back to be attacked again in the morning. Although Prometheus remained in perpetual agony, he never expressed regret at his act of rebellion.
Video examples
I am the son of a...
I had already moved 20 times in my life, and that instability during my childhood didn't really provide an opportunity to make many friends. Each time I would begin to feel comfortable around someone, it was time to pack up and move to the next town. Being the perpetual new face in class,
Video examples
Sean Carroll: Distant...
It is a perpetual impulse that pushes galaxies apart from each other. Because dark energy, unlike matter or radiation, does not dilute away as the universe expands. The amount of energy in each cubic centimeter remains the same, even as the universe gets bigger and bigger.
Video examples
How Africa can use its...
a phenomenon for which I would have to constantly and perpetually seek the validation of those it belonged to for me to make progress within it and with it. That was tough for a child; it would be tough for anyone. As I grew up and I advanced academically,
Video examples
The psychological weight...
have anything i wanted as long as i ate it with a knife and a fork trust me it feels ridiculous to eat a snickers bar like this but it helped me be more conscious of what i was eating i learned to be in perpetual motion all day every day
Video examples
The Water Crisis PIPE...
there's anything we can do to help save the population nowadays because we divert so much water upstream this is salt water perpetually throughout the year in the winter and spring normally this water that we're on top of would be
Video examples
Eric X. Li: A tale of...
and stay there and get worse until the next election. Democracy is becoming a perpetual cycle of elect and regret. At this rate, I'm afraid it is democracy, not China's one-party system, that is in danger of losing legitimacy.
Video examples
Why are these 32 symbols...
a shadowy opening in a limestone cliff that draws you in. As you pass through the portal between light and dark, you enter a subterranean world -- a place of perpetual gloom, of earthy smells, of hushed silence.
Video examples
Why don't perpetual...
The imbalance would keep the wheel turning forever. Bhaskara's drawing was one of the earliest designs for a perpetual motion machine, a device that can do work indefinitely without any external energy source.
Video examples
Pink Catfish Discovered...
as the day wears on deep in the heart of this venezuelan mountain george's mission into perpetual darkness
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
George Will
Journalist
Political ignorance helps explain Americans' perpetual disappointment with politicians generally, and presidents especially, to whom voters unrealistically attribute abilities to control events.
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George C. Wolfe
American Playwright
I'm perpetually interested by living in places as an artist confronting challenges I've never confronted before and approaching them with as much craft and humanity as I can.
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Henry Knox
American Soldier
Our political machine, composed of thirteen independent sovereignties, have been perpetually operating against each other and against the federal head ever since the peace.
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James Baldwin
American Novelist
I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.
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Heather Mills
British Activist
The overcoming of adversity and, ultimately, denying it the rite of passage, has been a constant and perpetual motive throughout my life.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish Writer
Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.
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Jack Schlossberg
American Celebrity
We must not become perpetually distracted from the great challenges facing our country and the world.
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Frank Norris
American Novelist
Truth is a thing immortal and perpetual, and it gives to us a beauty that fades not away in time.
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D. H. Lawrence
English Writer
It's bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral.
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Michel de Montaigne
French Philosopher
The world is but a perpetual see-saw.
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George Will
Journalist
Political ignorance helps explain Americans' perpetual disappointment with politicians generally, and presidents especially, to whom voters unrealistically attribute abilities to control events.
Quote examples
George C. Wolfe
American Playwright
I'm perpetually interested by living in places as an artist confronting challenges I've never confronted before and approaching them with as much craft and humanity as I can.
Quote examples
Henry Knox
American Soldier
Our political machine, composed of thirteen independent sovereignties, have been perpetually operating against each other and against the federal head ever since the peace.
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James Baldwin
American Novelist
I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.
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Heather Mills
British Activist
The overcoming of adversity and, ultimately, denying it the rite of passage, has been a constant and perpetual motive throughout my life.
Quote examples
Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish Writer
Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.
Quote examples
Jack Schlossberg
American Celebrity
We must not become perpetually distracted from the great challenges facing our country and the world.
Quote examples
Frank Norris
American Novelist
Truth is a thing immortal and perpetual, and it gives to us a beauty that fades not away in time.
Quote examples
D. H. Lawrence
English Writer
It's bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral.
Quote examples
Michel de Montaigne
French Philosopher
The world is but a perpetual see-saw.
Example 1 of 10
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