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pervasive

UK/pəˈveɪ.sɪv//pɚˈveɪ.sɪv/

pervasive adjective: manifested throughout; pervading, permeating, penetrating or affecting everything.

Adjective

pervasive (comparative more pervasive, superlative most pervasive)

  1. Manifested throughout; pervading, permeating, penetrating or affecting everything.
    • The medication had a pervasive effect on the patient's health.
    • Mr Xi is also struggling with issues within his carefully-constructed power structure. The unexplained disappearances of key members of his leadership team and military top brass could be seen as either signs of pervasive corruption or political purges.2023 November 15, Tessa Wong, “Xi Jinping arrives in US as his Chinese Dream sputters”, in BBC

pervasive meaning in Bengali, Malayalam, Persian and Vietnamese

pervasive in Bengali

পরিব্যাপ্ত

pervasive in Malayalam

പരക്കുന്ന, വ്യാപനശക്തിയുള്ള

pervasive in Persian

manifested throughout
فراگیر farâgir

pervasive in Vietnamese

manifested throughout
lan toả, rộng khắp

Synonyms of pervasive

Forms of pervasive

comparativemore pervasive
superlativemost pervasive

Origin of pervasive

From Latin pervāsus, from pervādō (“spread through, pervade”), from per (“through”) + vādō (“go, walk”).

Words formed from pervasive

Phrases with pervasive

Questions about pervasive

What does pervasive mean?
Pervasive means manifested throughout; pervading, permeating, penetrating or affecting everything.
What is pervasive in Bengali?
Pervasive in Bengali is পরিব্যাপ্ত. See Pervasive meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is pervasive?
Pervasive is an adjective.
How do you pronounce pervasive?
Pervasive is pronounced /pəˈveɪ.sɪv/ (UK).

Words near pervasive in the dictionary

  1. pervaporating
  2. pervaporation
  3. pervaporations
  4. pervasion
  5. pervasions
  6. pervasive
  7. pervasive arousal withdrawal syndrome
  8. pervasive developmental disorder
  9. pervasive developmental disorders
  10. pervasive game
  11. pervasive games

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pervasive (page history and authors); pervasive (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pervasive (Malayalam Wiktionary) (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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