Permanent - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈpɜːrmənənt|  American pronunciation of the word permanent
Brit.  |ˈpɜːm(ə)nənt|  British pronunciation of the word permanent

noun

- a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals (syn: perm)

adjective

- not capable of being reversed or returned to the original condition
permanent brain damage

Extra examples

She made a permanent home in this country.

Prolonged exposure to the sun can cause permanent skin damage.

The museum's permanent collection includes works of art from the 18th century.

The transcripts will serve as a permanent record of the proceedings.

Human institutions perish, but nature is permanent.

He gave up a permanent job in order to freelance.

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.

The disease is known to cause permanent brain damage.

She hopes the new educational program will become a permanent fixture at the zoo.

The college's acting president will be replaced with a permanent one next fall.

...will serve as acting president of the university until a permanent replacement can be found...

...there are permanent glaciers in the cool, humid highlands of the Pacific Northwest...

...the arriving national guardsmen were forced to live in a hutment until permanent barracks could be constructed...

...smallpox's characteristic pustules typically resulted in permanent scarring for survivors of the dreaded disease...

Word forms

noun
singular: permanent
plural: permanents
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