lasting
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Adjective (4)
- continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place“permanent secretary to the president”“permanent address”“literature of permanent value”Synonyms: permanent
- existing for a long time“hopes for a durable peace”“a long-lasting friendship”Synonyms: durablelong-lastinglong-lived
- retained; not shed“persistent leaves remain attached past maturity”“the persistent gills of fishes”Synonyms: persistent
- lasting a long time without change“a lasting relationship”
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Lasting \Last"ing\, a. Existing or continuing a long while; enduring; as, a lasting good or evil; a lasting color. [1913 Webster]
Syn: Durable; permanent; undecaying; perpetual; unending.
Usage: Lasting, Permanent, Durable. Lasting commonly means merely continuing in existence; permanent carries the idea of continuing in the same state, position, or course; durable means lasting in spite of agencies which tend to destroy. [1913 Webster]
Lasting \Last"ing\, n.
1.Continuance; endurance. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
2.A species of very durable woolen stuff, used for women's shoes; everlasting. [1913 Webster]
3.The act or process of shaping on a last. [1913 Webster]
Last \Last\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Lasting.] [OE. lasten, As. l[ae]stan to perform, execute, follow, last, continue, fr. l[=a]st, l[=ae]st, trace, footstep, course; akin to G. leisten to perform, Goth. laistjan to follow. See Last mold of the foot.]
1.To continue in time; to endure; to remain in existence. [1913 Webster]
[I] proffered me to be slave in all that she me would ordain while my life lasted.— Testament of Love.[1913 Webster]
2.To endure use, or continue in existence, without impairment or exhaustion; as, this cloth lasts better than that; the fuel will last through the winter. [1913 Webster]