everlasting
Pronunciation
  • (GA) IPA: /ˌɛvɚˈlæstɪŋ/
  • (RP) IPA: /ˌɛvəˈlɑːstɪŋ/
Adjective

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).
Synonyms Antonyms Translations Translations Adverb

everlasting

  1. (colloquial) Extremely.
Noun

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.



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