Every nation seeks to perpetuate itself.
Source: tatoeba (843928)
Perpetuate
/pəˈpɛt͡ʃʊeɪt/
Synonyms for "perpetuate" (47 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (14)
Verb(3 words)
Noun(2 words)
Related words (23)
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39 translations across 21 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- أَبَّدَ verb (to make perpetual)
- أَدَامَ verb (to make perpetual)
- خَلَّدَ verb (to make perpetual)
Bulgarian
1 entries- увековечавам verb (to make perpetual)
Catalan
1 entries- perpetuar verb (to make perpetual)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 使……永久化 verb (to make perpetual)
- 使……永存 verb (to preserve (something) from extinction or oblivion)
Dutch
1 entries- vereeuwigen verb (to make perpetual)
Egyptian
1 entries- s-r-wD-w-D:T12 verb (to make perpetual)
Finnish
3 entries- suojella verb (to preserve (something) from extinction or oblivion)
- säilyttää verb (to make perpetual)
- säilyttää verb (to preserve (something) from extinction or oblivion)
French
3 entries- perpétuer verb (to make perpetual)
- pérenniser verb (to make perpetual)
- pérenniser verb (to preserve (something) from extinction or oblivion)
German
2 entries- perpetuieren verb (to make perpetual)
- verewigen verb (to make perpetual)
Hebrew
1 entries- הנציח verb (to make perpetual)
Italian
4 entries- eternàre verb (to make perpetual)
- perennare verb (to make perpetual)
- perpetuàre verb (to make perpetual)
- rivìvere verb (to make perpetual)
Latin
3 entries- aeternō verb (to make perpetual)
- perpetuitō verb (to make perpetual)
- perpetuō verb (to make perpetual)
Macedonian
2 entries- овеко́вечи verb (to make perpetual)
- овекове́чува verb (to make perpetual)
Polish
2 entries- uwieczniać verb (to make perpetual)
- uwiecznić verb (to make perpetual)
Portuguese
1 entries- perpetuar verb (to make perpetual)
Romanian
1 entries- perpetua verb (to make perpetual)
Russian
2 entries- увекове́чивать verb (to make perpetual)
- увекове́чить verb (to make perpetual)
Spanish
1 entries- perpetuar verb (to make perpetual)
Swedish
2 entries- föreviga verb (to make perpetual)
- vidmakthålla verb (to make perpetual)
Turkish
1 entries- ölümsüzleştirmek verb (to make perpetual)
Ukrainian
2 entries- уві́чнити verb (to make perpetual)
- уві́чнювати verb (to make perpetual)
Sample sentences
27 total sentences available.
Lonely people perpetuate their own loneliness through their fear of others.
Source: tatoeba (885700)
There are those who perpetuate predation because they are afraid of becoming poor; there are those who accept poverty because they are afraid of falling into predation.
Source: tatoeba (10253536)
The English teacher's mocking comments perpetuate stereotypes and hinder cultural exchange.
Source: tatoeba (11768477)
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