See Also: permanent 1, adjective(dictionary)
Permanent(medicine)
permanent(dictionary)
Permanent financing(finance)
Permanent assets(finance)
permanent press(dictionary)
PERMANENT-TRESPASSES(law)
Permanent teeth(health)
Permanent Resident(law)
permanent wave(dictionary)

permanent 1, adjective (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: , present participle of permanere 'to stay till the end']
continuing to exist for a long time or for all the time in the future
-opposite temporary temporary
::He gave up a permanent job in order to freelance.
::a permanent change in your eating habits
::The blindness that the disease causes will be permanent.
::Miller soon became a permanent fixture (=someone or something that is always there) on the team.
-- permanence also permanency
n [U]
::the permanence of parental love
::our desire for some sense of permanence