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LASTING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Existing for a long time
Example:
a long-lasting friendship
Synonyms:
durable; lasting; long-lasting; long-lived
Classified under:
Similar:
long (primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified)
Derivation:
lastingness (permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place
Example:
literature of permanent value
Synonyms:
lasting; permanent
Classified under:
Similar:
abiding; enduring; imperishable (lasting a long time)
aeonian; ageless; eonian; eternal; everlasting; perpetual; unceasing; unending (continuing forever or indefinitely)
indissoluble (used of decisions and contracts)
standing (not created for a particular occasion)
Also:
unchangeable (not changeable or subject to change)
ineradicable (not able to be destroyed or rooted out)
stable (resistant to change of position or condition)
Attribute:
permanence; permanency (the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration)
Derivation:
lastingness (permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Retained; not shed
Example:
the persistent gills of fishes
Synonyms:
lasting; persistent
Classified under:
Adjectives
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Derivation:
lastingness (permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Lasting a long time without change
Example:
a lasting relationship
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
stable (resistant to change of position or condition)
Derivation:
lastingness (permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb last
Context examples:
Unlike the artificial radiation belts, these geomagnetic effects were short-lived, lasting only seconds.
(Space Weather Events Linked to Human Activity, NASA)
A human life stage that begins at twelve years of age and continues until twenty-one complete years of age, generally marked by the beginning of puberty and lasting to the beginning of adulthood.
(Adolescence, NICHD)
A year on Titan lasts about 30 Earth years, with each season lasting about seven years.
(Cassini tracks clouds developing over a Titan sea, NASA)
The inhibition of DPP-4 by linagliptin appears to be longer lasting than that by some other DPP-4 inhibitors tested.
(Linagliptin, NCI Thesaurus)
Mercury spins much more slowly than Earth, with its day lasting about 58 Earth days.
(A Closer Look at Mercury’s Spin and Gravity Reveals the Planet’s Inner Solid Core, NASA)
The team developed an ultrafiltration membrane using graphene oxide and bacterial nanocellulose that they found to be highly efficient, long-lasting and environment-friendly.
(Novel Technology Uses Bacteria for Cleaning Water, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
These results indicate that infections in the brain can have lasting effects, long after the virus leaves the system.
(Meningitis changes immune cell makeup in the mouse brain lining, National Institutes of Health)
Most Zika infections cause no symptoms or a mild illness lasting about a week.
(DNA vaccines protect monkeys against Zika virus, NIH)
A lasting connection between a user (or user agent) and a peer, typically a server, usually involving the exchange of many packets between the user's computer and the server.
(Computer Session, NCI Thesaurus)
But, as it is, the disappointment is single, and, I trust, will not be lasting.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
