permanent
Syllables: per·ma·nentUK/ˈpɜː.mə.nənt//ˈpɝ.mə.nənt/
permanent adjective: without end, eternal.
Adjective
permanent (comparative more permanent, superlative most permanent)
- Without end, eternal.
- Nothing in this world is truly permanent.
- Things that had been permanent and unquestionable were suddenly thrown into doubt.2003, Christopher Paolini, “Dragon Tales”, in Eragon, page 20
- Synonyms:
- everlasting
- Lasting for an indefinitely long time.
- The countries are now locked in a permanent state of conflict.
- Synonyms:
- durable
Noun
permanent (plural permanents)
- A chemical hair treatment imparting or removing curliness, whose effects typically last for a period of weeks; a perm.
- She had pewter-coloured hair set in a ruthless permanent, a hard beak and large moist eyes with the sympathetic expression of wet stones.1943, Raymond Chandler, The High Window, Penguin, published 2005, page 8
- Given an n×n matrix a_ij,, the sum over all permutations π, of ∏ᵢ₌₁ⁿa_iπ(i).
- A card whose effects persist beyond the turn on which it is played.
Verb
permanent (third-person singular simple present permanents, present participle permanenting, simple past and past participle permanented)
- To perm (the hair).
permanent meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
permanent in Hindi
- without end
- अनंत anant, स्थायी sthāyī, शाश्वत śāśvat
permanent in Tamil
- நிரந்தரம், நிலையான, நிலைத்து நிற்கும்
permanent in Marathi
- permanent, everlasting, perpetual
- शाश्वत śāśvat
- permanent, fixed
- कायम kāyam
permanent in Urdu
- permanent
- مستقل mustaqil, ثابت sābit
More languagesFewer languages
- permanent in Bengali
- মুদামি mudami
- permanent in Telugu
- శాశ్వతం śāśvataṁ
- permanent in Malayalam
- സ്ഥിര sthira, സ്ഥിരമായ sthiramāya
- permanent in Kannada
- ಬಾಳಿಕೆಯ, ನೆಲೆನಿಂತ, ಮಾರ್ಪಡದ, ಶಾಶ್ವತವಾದ
- permanent in Punjabi
- ਸਥਾਈ
- permanent in Gujarati
- કાયમ kāyam
- permanent in Odia
- ସ୍ଥାଯ଼ୀ
- permanent in Sanskrit
- नित्यकाल nityakāla, स्थिर sthirá
- permanent in Nepali
- स्थायी
- permanent in Pashto
- پوخ pox
- permanent in Tagalog
- palagian, permanente
- permanent in Arabic
- دَائِم dāʔim
- permanent in Malay
- kekal
- permanent in Indonesian
- permanen, langgeng, kekal, abadi
- permanent in Persian
- ماندگار mândegâr, پایدار pâydâr, جاودان jâvdân, همیشگی hamišegi
- permanent in Thai
- ถาวร tǎa-wɔɔn
- Sindhi
- مستقل mstql, دائمي dāme
Examples of permanent in a sentence
- No part of the brain plays the role of permanent memory.
- Poor children suffer permanent damage due to deplorable living conditions and deplorable treatment by law enforcement.
- They put a stopgap solution in place, but need something more permanent.
Synonyms of permanent
Antonyms
Forms of permanent
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more permanent |
| superlative | most permanent |
| Noun | |
| plural | permanents |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | permanents |
| present participle | permanenting |
| past participle | permanented |
| past | permanented |
Origin of permanent
From Middle English permanent, permanente, from Middle French permanent, from Latin permanēns, from permaneō (“to stay through”). First attested in the 15th century.
Words formed from permanent
- compromise to a permanent end
- impermanent
- nonpermanent
- permacath
- permaculture
- permalancer
- permanental
- permanent brain
- permanent contract
- permanent dirt
- permanent income hypothesis
- permanentize
- permanent loan
- permanently
- permanent magnet
- permanent marker
- permanent mission
- permanentness
- permanent paper
- permanent press
- permanent-press
- permanent private hall
- permanent residency
- permanent resident
- permanent revolution
- permanent revolutionary
- permanent revolutionist
- permanent shave
- permanent teeth
- permanent tooth
- permanent underclass
- permanent wave
- permanent way
- permanent white
- Permanite
- permatron
- permie
- quasipermanent
- semipermanent
- semi-permanent
- subpermanent
- there is nothing more permanent than a temporary solution
- ultrapermanent
- unpermanent
Phrases with permanent
Questions about permanent
- What does permanent mean?
- Permanent means without end, eternal.
- What is permanent in Hindi?
- Permanent in Hindi is अनंत (anant), स्थायी (sthāyī), शाश्वत (śāśvat). See Permanent meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is permanent?
- Permanent can be an adjective, a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce permanent?
- Permanent is pronounced /ˈpɜː.mə.nənt/ (UK).
Words near permanent in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: permanent (page history and authors); permanent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); कायम (Marathi) (page history and authors); ثابت (Urdu) (page history and authors); permanent (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); permanent (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); કાયમ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); permanent (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); नित्यकाल (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); permanent (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); پوخ (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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