American English pronunciation
How to pronounce permanent
IPA transcription: ['pɚmɑ,nɛnt]
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Noun
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a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals
Adjective
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continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place
“permanent secretary to the president”
“permanent address”
“literature of permanent value”
Adjective
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not capable of being reversed or returned to the original condition
“permanent brain damage”
Usage examples
- Flautas were added as a permanent menu item following the success.
- Trains were operated using two units semi-permanently coupled, with the driving motors outermost.
- Reality was permanently scarred from those force field experiments.
- A permanent installation entitled "Seed", by Peter Randall-Page, occupies the anteroom.
- For some time there were no available non-permanent military aviation positions.
- Showcase Showdown released only two full-length albums, "Appetite of Kings" and "Permanent Stains".
- Neale quit the music scene permanently after leaving Spectrum and Indelible Murtceps.
- Later, Juba was selected to become the permanent capital.
- One can craft amazingly strong permanent magnets from neodymium.
- The Nuvolari quattro used Audi's Torsen-based quattro permanent four-wheel drive system.