Definitions for lastings

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lastings last·ing

Spelling: [las-ting, lah-sting]

IPA: /ˈlæs tɪŋ, ˈlɑ stɪŋ/

Lastings is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 328 anagrams from letters in lastings (agilnsst).

Definitions for lastings

noun

1. a strong, durable, closely woven fabric for shoe uppers, coverings on buttons, etc.
2. Archaic. the quality of surviving or continuing and maintaining strength, effectiveness, etc.
3. a wooden or metal form in the shape of the human foot on which boots or shoes are shaped or repaired.
4. the shape or form of a shoe.

Idioms

1. stick to one's last, to keep to that work, field, etc., in which one is competent or skilled.

adjective

1. continuing or enduring a long time; permanent; durable:

verb (used with object)

1. to continue to survive for the duration of (often followed by out):
2. to shape on or fit to a last.

verb (used without object)

1. to go on or continue in time:
2. to continue unexpended or unexhausted; be enough:
3. to continue in force, vigor, effectiveness, etc.:
4. to continue or remain in usable condition for a reasonable period of time:

Origin of lastings

1125-75 for def 1; 1775-85 for def 2; Middle English (adj.). See last², -ing²

Examples for lastings

The question is will we see regime changes in both Hamas and Israel that embrace a lasting peace?

So can Colombians finally dream of a lasting and sustainable peace in 2015?

Surely what they prized so highly must have had real and lasting worth?

Either way, the idea was the same: ARNN was to be a game-changing new product that would leave a lasting mark on the industry.

But the crimes Wahlberg committed have no doubt done “lasting damage” to the victims.

A period of quiescence then followed, lasting until, we will say, 1865.

There is a man here who has earned a lasting place in our hearts and in our history.

But it is the lasting emotional scars that have been the hardest to deal with.

May my attachment to her be pure as devotion, and lasting as immortal life!

I did not even tell her that I owed the worst and most lasting of my wounds to Philip.