Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Continuing or remaining for a long time; enduring: a lasting peace.
- n. A sturdy twilled fabric.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Continuance; endurance.
- n. A strong and durable woolen or worsted fabric: also called everlasting, and formerly durance. It is usually black, and is used for buttons and for the uppers of women's shoes. It is woven either with a double twill or with a satin-twill (then called
Denmark satin ). Draw-bays, prunella, and serge de berry are varieties of lasting. - Continuing in time; durable; of long continuance; that may continue or endure: as, a lasting good or evil; a lasting color.
- Synonyms Lasting. Durable, Permanent, Stable, enduring, abiding, undecaying. perpetual, unendiug. Lasting means resisting the effects of time or other influences tending to produce decay; continuing for a long time, or as long as the nature of the object admits. It is the proper word for abstract things: as, a lasting impression; sudden reformations are seldom lasting. Durable is preferable for tangible objects, and means capable of resisting wear and tear: as, durable material. Permanent, remaining to the end, abiding for ever, applies equally to physical and abstract objects: as, a permanent dye; a permanent situation; the grave is a permanent resting-place. Permanent and stable imply less of resistance than the others. Stable means permanent in its place, lasting upon its foundations, able to stand indefinitely: as, a stable form of government; a stable character.
Wiktionary
- adj. Persisting for an extended period of time.
- v. present participle of last.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Existing or continuing a long while; enduring.
- n. Continuance; endurance.
- n. A species of very durable woolen stuff, used for women's shoes; everlasting.
- n. The act or process of shaping on a last.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. existing for a long time
- adj. lasting a long time without change
- adj. continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place
- adj. retained; not shed
Examples
“James Snow, as most people would know was the longest serving Minister of Transportation in the province of Ontario with his term lasting 9 years.”
“Chief Justice Goodrich, assisted by Judge Cooper, the term lasting one week.”
“This dogmatic upbringing left Hayes with what he called a lasting “moral hangover” that he resented by the time of his adolescence.”
“Monday the United Nations meeting to come up with an agreement over an international stabilization force to help the Lebanese army secure and protect its border, to create some sort of buffer zone with Israel and then finally, perhaps an ambitious plan, some U.S. officials say is to try to get a U.N. resolution as early as the end of next week, to set up conditions for what they call a lasting peace.”
“Secretary of State Rice, now in Asia, expected to head back to the region this weekend, trying to line up what she calls a lasting cease-fire.”
“The president again today said the way out of this is for the Security Council to work on resolution that brings what he calls a lasting or an enduring cease-fire.”
“He held up Ireland as a model for the world by describing its move from violent divisions to what he called a lasting peace on the island.”
“Quite clearly, the Barack Obama administration is pleased with the work Kiani is doing and he is now assured of a term lasting until November 2013 - until the date Afghan President Hamid”
“Region Board of Trustees for a term lasting from Sept. 1 through Aug. 31, 2012.”
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no little thing
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The things they carried (List 2)
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Fabrics
Woven, knit and tatted fabrics. Other kinds of cloth, such as tapa and chamois are not included.
shikii, shantung, cotton, linen, tweed, wool, velour, velvet, velveteen, gabardine, chenille, silk and 550 more...
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