permanent
adjective
1. continuing without change in status or condition or place.
- permanent secretary to the president
- permanent address
- literature of permanent value
Similar word(s): unchangeable, ineradicable, abiding, enduring, imperishable, aeonian, ageless, eonian, eternal, everlasting, perpetual, unceasing, unending, indissoluble, standing, stable, lasting
2. not capable of being returned to the original condition
- permanent brain damage
Similar word(s): irreversible
Sentences with permanent as an adjective:
- Nothing in this world is truly permanent.
- The countries are now locked in a permanent state of conflict.
verb
1. (transitive, dated) To perm (the hair).