Vampires live in perpetuity.
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Perpetuity
/ˌpɝpəˈtuːɪti/
Synonyms for "perpetuity" (112 found)
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Closest matches (23)
Noun(2 words)
abidingnessageall-comprehensivenessall-inclusivenessantiquityboundlessnessceaselessnesschatteringconstancyconstant flowcontinualnesscontinuancecontinuitycountlessnessdefeat of timedefiance of timedistancediuturnitydurabilitydurableness
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Strong matches (33)
Noun(8 words)
endless durationendless paymentseternalityeternitiesindefinite durationinfinite paymentsinfinitylegal indefinite duration
endlessnessenduranceeternityexhaustlessnessextensionextentfootageforeverillimitabilityimmeasurabilityimmensityincalculabilityincessancyincomprehensibilityinexhaustibilityinfinitenessinfinitudeinfinityinnumerabilityinterminability
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Adjective(1 words)
Preposition(1 words)
for all time
Related words (56)
limitlessnesslinear measureslong standinglong timelong-lastingnesslong-livednesslongevitylongitudelongnessmaintenancemeasuremeasurelessnessmileagenoninterruptionnumberlessnessoscillationoverall lengthperdurabilityperennationpermanence
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persistencepulsationquick firerapid firerapid recurrencerapid successionrapidityreachregularityrepetitionspanstabilitystaccatostandingsteadfastnesssteadinessstretchstutteringsurvivalsurvivancesustainmenttattootermlessnesstimelessnessunintermissionuninterruptionuniversalityunmeasurabilityvibrationworld without endyardage
Noun(5 words)
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8 entriesabstract nounconceptfinancial instrumentinvestment instrumentlegal conceptpermanencepermanencyproperty law concept
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8 entriesconsolendlessnesseternalityfuture interestsinfinityperpetual annuityperpetual bondrule against perpetuities
Collocations
5 entriesin perpetuityperpetual annuityperpetual bondperpetuity paymentsperpetuity value
Inflections
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4 entriesSample sentences
5 total sentences available.
The goal of the fossil preparators is to remove all of the rock surrounding the fossil in the field jacket, and to stabilize the fossil so that it can last in the collections in perpetuity.
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An interesting peculiarity of this plant is that it cannot pollenize itself, but is obliged to depend for its perpetuity upon a little moth whose sole aim in life seems to be to perform the work of pollenizing this plant.
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Mr. Waller adds that when the railway was authorised in 1897, one of the clauses of the Act authorising the transfer of the line to the North British Railway provided that that company should work it in perpetuity, and it was this clause that caused the interim interdict to be granted.
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