permanence B2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈpɜɹmənəns/ UK /ˈpɜmənəns/ See IPA manual Freq #46666 Meanings 1 noun The quality of lasting or staying the same for a very long time. Buying a house gave them a sense of permanence and security. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the quality of lasting or... permanency More continuanceperdurancepermansionremanenceremanency ↔ Opposites impermanencetransience Word family Derived forms semipermanence Related forms impermanencepermanent Etymology AI details From Middle English permanence, permanens, from Middle French permanence, from Medieval Latin permanentia, from Latin permaneō (“to remain; last”). permanence Middle English permanentia la-med permaneō Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # permanence **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈpɜɹmənəns/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈpɜmənəns/ **Frequency rank:** 46666 ## Meanings 1. The quality of lasting or staying the same for a very long time. ## Examples - Buying a house gave them a sense of permanence and security. ## Synonyms - continuance - perdurance - permanency - permansion - remanence - remanency ## Antonyms - impermanence - transience ## Derived Forms - semipermanence ## Related Forms - impermanence - permanent ## Roots and Affixes - Root: permanence - Root: permanentia - Root: permaneō ## Etymology From Middle English permanence, permanens, from Middle French permanence, from Medieval Latin permanentia, from Latin permaneō (“to remain; last”). ## AI Etymology Permanence comes from Middle English permanence, permanens, from Middle French permanence, from Medieval Latin permanentia, from Latin permaneō (“to remain; last”). The historical chain includes permanence (Middle English), permanence (Middle French), permanentia (la-med), permaneō (Latin). In present-day English it covers the quality of lasting or staying the same for a very long time. The wider family includes derived forms such as semipermanence and related forms such as impermanence, permanent. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown