Added 9 October 2026
everlasting
/ˌɛvəˈlɑːstɪŋ/ adjective
In Latin: sempiternus Wiktionary
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- Lasting or enduring forever; endless, eternal. Chiefly of a deity or other supernatural being: having always existed and will continue to exist forever; eternal. Synonym of sempiternal (“having infinite temporal duration, rather than outside time and thus lacking temporal duration altogether”).
- Chiefly of a deity or other supernatural being: having always existed and will continue to exist forever; eternal.
- Synonym of sempiternal (“having infinite temporal duration, rather than outside time and thus lacking temporal duration altogether”).
adverb
- Synonym of everlastingly. Used as an intensifier: extremely, very. In an everlasting (adjective sense 1) manner; forever.
- Used as an intensifier: extremely, very.
- In an everlasting (adjective sense 1) manner; forever.
noun
- Chiefly with a descriptive word: short for everlasting flower (“any of several plants, chiefly of the family Asteraceae (principally the tribe Gnaphalieae), having flowers that retain their colour and form when dried; also, a flower of such a plant”)
- Preceded by the: someone or something that lasts forever, or that that has always existed and will continue to exist forever; an eternal, an immortal; specifically , God.
- Synonym of lasting (“ a durable, plain, woven fabric formerly used for making clothes and for the uppers of women's shoes; a quantity of such fabric”). Short for everlasting trimming (“ an embroidered edging used on underclothes; a quantity of such edging”)
Origin
From Middle English ever-lasting (“(adjective) eternal, perpetual; constant; (adverb) eternally; (noun) eternity”), from ever (“at all times, always, constantly; eternally, perpetually; regularly; etc.”) + lasting (“continuing, lasting; eternal; etc.”). * Ever is derived from Old English ǣfre (“ever”), possibly from ā (“always, ever”) + in fēore (“in life”).
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