lasting
/ˈlæstɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.11 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Persisting for an extended period of time.
Example Sentences
- "After World War I it was hoped that a lasting peace had been achieved. It hadn’t."
- "I was taken to the theatre for the first time when I was six years old, and the experience made a lasting impression on me."
- "hasty wroth, and heedlesse hazardry Doe breede repentaunce late, and lasting infamy."
- "Look ye, Marriage is a lasting thing—if it were for six Months only, I might venture upon thee—but for all days of my Life—mercy upon me […]"
- "I knew that nought was lasting, but now even Change grows too changeable, without being new:"
- "Then his son bought a carven coffin hewn from a great log of fragrant wood which is used to bury the dead in and for nothing else because that wood is as lasting as iron, and more lasting than human bones, and Wang Lung was comforted."
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈlæstɪŋ/
- British English: /ˈlɑːstɪŋ/