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everlasting

Pronunciation: /ɛvəˈlɑːstɪŋ/
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Definition of everlasting

adjective

  • lasting forever or a very long time:the damned would suffer everlasting torment an everlasting reminder of this evening

noun

  • 1 (the everlasting) literary eternity.
  • 2 (also everlasting flower) a flower of the daisy family with a papery texture, retaining its shape and colour after being dried, especially a helichrysum. Also called immortelle.

Derivatives

everlastingly

adverb

everlastingness

noun

everlasting in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of everlasting in the US English dictionary
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