pervasive

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US /pɚˈveɪ.sɪv/ UK /pəˈveɪ.sɪv/
adj Freq #41254

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Present or spreading everywhere; affecting every part of something.

    There was a pervasive sense of fear throughout the town.

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Synonyms
1 adj · present or spreading... penetratingpermeatingpervading

Etymology

From Latin pervāsus, from pervādō (“spread through, pervade”), from per (“through”) + vādō (“go, walk”).

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