Lasting Meaning
/ˈlɑːstɪŋ/, /ˈlastɪŋ/, /ˈlastɪn/, /ˈlæstɪŋ/, /ˈleəstɪŋ/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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adjPersisting for an extended period of time.
"After World War I it was hoped that a lasting peace had been achieved. It hadn’t."
"hasty wroth, and heedlesse hazardry
Doe breede repentaunce late, and lasting infamy."— 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 249:
adjPersisting forever.
"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."— c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene vii]:
verbpresent participle and gerund of last
nounIn full lasting cloth: a durable, plain woven fabric formerly used for making clothes and for the uppers of women's shoes.
nounThe act or process of shaping footwear on a last.
nounThe action or state of persisting; the time during which something or someone persists.
"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."
"[…] it may be some kinde of Prophecy, of the continuance, and lasting of these Letters, that having been scattered, more then Sibyls leaves, I cannot say into parts, but corners of the World, they have recollected and united themselves […]"— 1651, John Donne, Letters to Severall Persons of Honour, London: Richard Marriot, dedicatory epistle:
Sentence Examples
This new medicine has a lasting effect.
The scenery of the Alps left a lasting impression on me.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The artist created a ____ monument that would stand for centuries.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The popular book had a ____ impact on his life, and he still remembers some of its messages many years later.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The artist created a ____ monument that would stand for centuries.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The popular book had a ____ impact on his life, and he still remembers some of its messages many years later.