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per·ma·nent  (pûrm-nnt)
adj.
1. Lasting or remaining without essential change: "the universal human yearning for something permanent, enduring, without shadow of change" (Willa Cather).
2. Not expected to change in status, condition, or place: a permanent address; permanent secretary to the president.
n.
Any of several long-lasting hair styles usually achieved by chemical applications which straighten, curl, or wave the hair.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin permanns, permanent-, present participle of permanre, to endure : per-, throughout; see per- + manre, to remain; see men-3 in Indo-European roots.]

perma·nent·ly adv.
perma·nent·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.permanently - for a long time without essential change; "he is permanently disabled"
temporarily - for a limited time only; not permanently; "he will work here temporarily"; "he was brought out of retirement temporarily"; "a power failure temporarily darkened the town"

permanently
Translations
permanently [ˈpəːmənəntlɪ] adv (= lastingly) → para siempre, de modo definitivo (= all the time); permanentemente
permanently [ˈpəːmənəntlɪ] permanent advde façon permanente; [move abroad] → définitivement; [open, closed] → en permanence; [tired, unhappy] → constamment
permanently [ˈpəːmənəntlɪ] permanent adv [damage] → dauerhaft; [stay, live] → ständig; [locked, open, frozen etc] → dauernd
permanently [ˈpəːmənəntlɪ] advdefinitivamente


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Two years and three-quarters afterwards, Valdivia and Chiloe were again shaken, more violently than on the 20th, and an island in the Chonos Archipelago was permanently elevated more than eight feet.
Probably nothing would then have persuaded me to put them off permanently, or to do more than lay them aside for the moment while I tried that new stop and that new step.
Such a poetry could not be permanently successful, because the subjects of which it treats -- if susceptible of poetic treatment at all -- were certainly not suited for epic treatment, where unity of action which will sustain interest, and to which each part should contribute, is absolutely necessary.
 
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