lasting

English Online Dictionary. What means lasting‎? What does lasting mean?

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlæstɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑːstɪŋ/
• (æ-tensing) IPA^(key): /ˈleəstɪŋ/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /ˈlastɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːstɪŋ, -æstɪŋ
• Hyphenation: last‧ing

Adjective

lasting (comparative more lasting, superlative most lasting)

1. Persisting for an extended period of time.

   Synonyms: abiding, durable; see also Thesaurus:lasting
2. (obsolete) Persisting forever.

   Synonyms: eternal, everlasting; see also Thesaurus:eternal

Derived terms

• lastingly
• lastingness
• long-lasting

Translations

Verb

lasting

1. present participle and gerund of last

Noun

lasting (countable and uncountable, plural lastings)

1. (obsolete) The action or state of persisting; the time during which something or someone persists.

   Synonyms: continuance, duration, endurance

   • 1598, I. D. (possibly John Dee) (translator), Aristotles Politiques, or Discourses of Gouernment, London: Adam Islip, Chapter 12, p. 334,^[4]

     But all things that haue beginning, must come to an end, and whatsoeuer groweth, must likewise deminish, being subiect to corruption and change, according to the time appointed vnto it by the course of Nature, as is seene by experience in plants, and in wights, which haue their ages and lastings certaine and determined.
2. A durable woollen material formerly used for women's shoes.

   Synonym: everlasting

3. The act or process of shaping footwear on a last.

Anagrams

• slating, staling, Anglist, salting, Gatlins

French

Noun

lasting m (plural lastings)

1. lasting (material)

Further reading

• “lasting”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From laste +‎ -ing.

Noun

lasting f or m (definite singular lastinga or lastingen, indefinite plural lastinger, definite plural lastingene)

1. loading (av / of)

Antonyms

• lossing

References

• “laste_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From laste +‎ -ing.

Noun

lasting f (definite singular lastinga, indefinite plural lastingar, definite plural lastingane)

1. loading (av / of)

Antonyms

• lossing

References

• “lasting” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.