• (GA) IPA: /ˌɛvɚˈlæstɪŋ/
• (RP) IPA: /ˌɛvəˈlɑːstɪŋ/

everlasting

1. Lasting or enduring forever; existing or continuing without end

   Synonyms: immortal, eternal

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Genesis 21:33 ↗:

     The Everlasting God.

2. Continuing indefinitely, or during a long period; perpetual; sometimes used, colloquially, as a strong intensive.

   this everlasting nonsense

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Genesis 17:8 ↗:

     I will give to thee, and to thy seed after thee […] the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession.

   • 1728, [Alexander Pope], “(please specify )”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. In Three Books, Dublin; London: Reprinted for A. Dodd, OCLC 1033416756 ↗:

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3. (philosophy) Existing with infinite temporal duration (as opposed to existence outside of time).

• eternal, immortal, interminable, endless, never-ending, infinite, unlimited, unceasing, uninterrupted, continual, unintermitted, incessant
• (existing with infinite temporal duration) sempiternal

• (of a short life) ephemeral
• (existing or continuing without end) finite, limited, mortal

• French: éternel
• German: ewig
• Italian: eterno, imperituro, immortale
• Portuguese: eterno
• Russian: ве́чный
• Spanish: inmarcesible

• French: permanent
• German: endlos
• Russian: бесконе́чный

everlasting

1. (colloquial) Extremely.

everlasting (plural everlastings)

1. An everlasting flower.
   • 1942, Emily Carr, The Book of Small, “The Orange Lily,”

     With a backward look Small said, “What a lovely lily!” ¶ “Well enough but strong-smelling, gaudy. Come see the everlastings.”

   • 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 313:

     ‘It is true perhaps it is too late now for you to look like a rose; but you can always look like an everlasting.’

2. (historical) A durable cloth fabric for shoes, etc.