What does "lasting" mean?
In full lasting cloth: a durable, plain woven fabric formerly used for making clothes and for the uppers of women's shoes.
Lasting
/ˈlɑːstɪŋ/ adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Very common ·Middle school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: In full lasting cloth: a durable, plain woven fabric formerly used for making clothes and for the uppers of women's shoes.
- Grammar: lasting is listed as adj, noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: durable, long-lasting, permanent, persistent.
- Useful contrasts: consumable, dureless, ephemeral.
- Usage evidence: This new medicine has a lasting effect.
How to use "lasting"
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 In full lasting cloth: a durable, plain woven fabric formerly used for making clothes and for the uppers of women's shoes. countable, historical, uncountable
- 2 The act or process of shaping footwear on a last. countable, uncountable
- 3 The action or state of persisting; the time during which something or someone persists. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"1598, I. D. (possibly John Dee) (translator), Aristotles Politiques, or Discourses of Gouernment, London: Adam Islip, Chapter 12, p. 334, But all things that haue beginning, must come to an end, and whatsoeuer groweth, must likewise deminish, being subiect to corruption and change, according to the time appointed vnto it by the course of Nature, as is seene by experience in plants, and in wights, which haue their ages and lastings certaine and determined."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of last form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 Persisting for an extended period of time.
"After World War I it was hoped that a lasting peace had been achieved. It hadn’t."
- 2 Persisting forever. obsolete
"I am the cygnet to this pale faint swan, Who chants a doleful hymn to his own death, And from the organ-pipe of frailty sings His soul and body to their lasting rest."
Adjective
- 1 existing for a long time wordnet
- 2 continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place wordnet
- 3 retained; not shed wordnet
- 4 lasting a long time without change wordnet
Antonyms
Example
"This new medicine has a lasting effect."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "lasting"?
Common synonyms include: durable, long-lasting, permanent, persistent, abiding, abiding.
How do you use "lasting" in a sentence?
This new medicine has a lasting effect.
How do you pronounce "lasting"?
Pronounced /ˈlɑːstɪŋ/.