everlasting

CEFRB2

/ˌɛvəˈlɑːstɪŋ/

adjective

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  1. 01

    adjective

    Lasting forever or for a very long time.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Lasting or enduring forever; endless, eternal.

Examples

  • God appointed blue to be an everlasting source of delight.

  • I'm tired of your everlasting grumbles.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /-ˈlæst-/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Chiefly of a deity or other supernatural being: having always existed and will continue to exist forever; eternal.

  2. Synonym of sempiternal (“having infinite temporal duration, rather than outside time and thus lacking temporal duration altogether”).

  3. Continuing for a long period; eternal.

More examples

In context

  • this everlasting nonsense

  • And I will giue vnto thee, and to thy ſeed after thee, the land wherein thou art a ſtranger, all the land of Canaan, for an euerlaſting poſſeſſion, and I will be their God.

  • And vvhether vve ſhall meete againe, I knovv not: / Therefore our euerlaſting farevvell take: / For euer, and for euer, farevvell, Caſſius, / If vve do meete againe, vvhy vve ſhall ſmile; / If not, vvhy then this parting vvas vvell made.

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Origin

adjective

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”). Ā is from Proto-West Germanic *aiw (“eternity; long time”), from Proto-Germanic *aiwaz (“long time; eternity”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- (“life, vital force; long time; eternity”); and fēore is the dative singular of feorh (“life”), from Proto-West Germanic *ferh (“life; kind of tree”), from Proto-Germanic *ferhwą (“bo...