Definitions for permanent

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permanent per·ma·nent

Spelling: [pur-muh-nuh nt]

IPA: /ˈpɜr mə nənt/

Permanent is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 349 anagrams from letters in permanent (aeemnnprt).

Definitions for permanent

noun

1. Also called permanent wave. a wave or curl that is set into the hair by the application of a special chemical preparation and that remains for a number of months.

adjective

1. existing perpetually; everlasting, especially without significant change.
2. intended to exist or function for a long, indefinite period without regard to unforeseeable conditions:
3. long-lasting or nonfading:

Origin of permanent

1400-50; late Middle English Latin permanent- (stem of permanēns), present participle of permanēre to remain. See per-, remain, Examples for permanent

The offices were firebombed in 2011; no one was hurt but a permanent police car was subsequently stationed outside.

An unlawful expedient can not become a permanent condition of government.

Plus, while sometimes IPs can be “permanent”, at other times IPs last just a few seconds.

Such is the strange and permanent apocalypse of 21st-century L.A.

They seemed like a permanent part of the mindscape, the way mountains or rivers are part of the physical world.

At least one parent would have to be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

Who, again, could undertake the permanent care of his mother?

We have not seen any permanent water for the last eighty miles.

A surplus in the Treasury created by loans is not a permanent or safe reliance.

But the present must not become the permanent condition of the Government.