everlasting

/,evə'lɑ:stiɳ/

Thân thiện

A child picks a bouquet of everlasting flowers in a sunny meadow.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Lasting forever; eternal: Describes something that continues without end in time.
   • Lasting for a very long time or occurring repeatedly: Describes something that seems to go on for an excessively long time or happens too often.

2. Noun:

   • A flower that retains its shape and color when dried: Any of various plants, especially from the daisy family, with flowers that can be dried.
   • (the Everlasting): A term for God, emphasizing eternal existence.

Examples

• Adjective:

  • They believed in the everlasting love of God. (Describes eternal, never-ending love.)
  • I'm tired of his everlasting complaints. (Describes complaints that seem constant and never stop.)

• Noun:

  • She used everlastings to make a dried flower arrangement. (Refers to the type of flower.)
  • They prayed to the Everlasting for mercy. (Refers to God.)

Advanced Usage

• "Everlasting life": Eternal life, life without end, often used in religious contexts.

  • Many religions promise their followers everlasting life.

• "From everlasting to everlasting": A phrase meaning for all eternity, from the infinite past to the infinite future.

  • God's kingdom is from everlasting to everlasting.

Variants and Related Words

• Everlastingly (adverb): In a way that lasts forever or for a very long time.

  • The memory of her kindness will remain everlastingly in my heart.

• Everlastingness (noun): The quality or state of being everlasting; eternity.

  • The concept of everlastingness is difficult for the human mind to grasp.

Synonyms

• Eternal: Lasting or existing forever; without end.
• Perpetual: Never ending or changing.
• Endless: Having or seeming to have no end.
• Unending: Having no end; infinite.

Antonyms

• Temporary: Lasting for only a limited period of time; not permanent.
• Fleeting: Lasting for a very short time.
• Ephemeral: Lasting for a very short time.

Related Phrases

• Everlasting fire: A term often used in religious texts to describe eternal punishment.

  • The sermon warned of the everlasting fire for sinners.

• Everlasting covenant: An eternal agreement or promise, especially between God and humanity.

  • Christians believe in the everlasting covenant through Jesus.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
   • an arrant fool
   • a complete coward
   • a consummate fool
   • a double-dyed villain
   • gross negligence
   • a perfect idiot
   • pure folly
   • what a sodding mess
   • stark staring mad
   • a thoroughgoing villain
   • utter nonsense
   • the unadulterated truth
2. continuing forever or indefinitely
   • the ageless themes of love and revenge
   • eternal truths
   • life everlasting
   • hell's perpetual fires
   • the unending bliss of heaven

Noun

1. any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color

Từ đồng nghĩa

• ageless
• aeonian
• eonian
• eternal
• perpetual
• unending
• unceasing
• everlasting flower