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Synonyms for permanence


Grammar : Noun
Spell : pur-muh-nuh ns
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɜr mə nəns



Définition of permanence

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Middle French permanence and directly from Medieval Latin permanentia (early 14c.), from Latin permanens (see permanent). Related: Permanency.
  • noun continuity
Example sentences :
  • He had given shape and permanence to his native language by his Dictionary.
  • Extract from : « Biographical Stories » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • The permanence of industry in any state must be proportioned to the certainty of its reward.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • For the assertion of the permanence of good is only based on the assumption of its objective character.
  • Extract from : « Gorgias » by Plato
  • Any distrust of the permanence of laws, would paralyze the faculties of man.
  • Extract from : « Nature » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • The wheels and springs of man are all set to the hypothesis of the permanence of nature.
  • Extract from : « Nature » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Their permanence is sacredly respected, and his faith therein is perfect.
  • Extract from : « Nature » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • These are the creations of the note-book, but it has given them no permanence.
  • Extract from : « James Boswell » by William Keith Leask
  • There is no one, nor can there be any one, here to take his place in permanence.
  • Extract from : « Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I (of II) » by Edmund Downey
  • The permanence of a courteous manner is the test of its sincerity.
  • Extract from : « The Etiquette of To-day » by Edith B. Ordway
  • No one not being a Greek has ever possessed it in permanence.
  • Extract from : « Brother Copas » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

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