American English pronunciation

How to pronounce permanent

IPA transcription: ['pɚmɑ,nɛnt]

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Noun

  • a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals

Adjective

  • continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place

    “permanent secretary to the president”

    “permanent address”

    “literature of permanent value”

Adjective

  • 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.