lasting

Plural: lastings

Verb

• persist for a specified period of time
• continue to live through hardship or adversity
• present participle and gerund of last

Adjective

• continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place
• retained; not shed

Adjective Satellite

• existing for a long time
  • "a long-lasting friendship"
• lasting a long time without change
  • "a lasting relationship"

Adj

• Persisting for an extended period of time.
• Persisting forever.

Noun

• A strong, durable woven fabric, typically used for shoes.
• In full lasting cloth: a durable, plain woven fabric formerly used for making clothes and for the uppers of women's shoes.
• The act or process of shaping footwear on a last.
• The action or state of persisting; the time during which something or someone persists.

Examples

• After World War I it was hoped that a lasting peace had been achieved. It hadn’t.
• His Scrabble strategy proved to be of LASTING quality, ensuring victory after victory.
• I was taken to the theatre for the first time when I was six years old, and the experience made a lasting impression on me.

Synonyms

durable, endure, go, hold out, hold up, last, live, live on, long-lasting, long-lived, permanent, persistent, survive, abiding, ageful, agelong, amaranthine, chronic, continuance, continuate, diuturnal, duration, durative, endless, endurance, enduring, eternal, eterne, everduring, evergreen, everlasting, eviternal, extending, forever, imperishable, indesinent, lasting, long-drawn-out, longevous, longsome, neverending, perdurable, perennial, perpetual, perpetuate, prolonged, protracted, sempiternal, timeless, undeadly, undying, unending

Antonyms

caducous, impermanent, dureless, ephemeral, unlasting

Related Words

lastingly, lastingness

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