Words / B2

ev-uh-LAHST-ing/ˌevəˈlɑːstɪŋ/

Everlasting means lasting for ever, or seeming to last for ever: everlasting peace; an everlasting flower. Eternal is a close twin (already in the dictionary); permanent stresses “not temporary”; endless is everyday. Calling a peace everlasting is not analysis; name the treaty and the year. Mix-up: everlasting vs everyday; forever (already in the dictionary); do not write everlasting for a one-year contract in the source.

Meaning

Lasting for ever, or seeming to last for ever.

Examples

• “Calling a peace everlasting is not analysis; name the treaty and the year, the history paper said.”
• “Everlasting flowers featured in the biology case, which is the dried-bloom sense — still name the species.”

Good to know

everlasting peace / life / flower; an everlasting + noun. Close: eternal (already in B2) / permanent / endless. Trap: forever as a swap with no named term / a one-year contract. History, RS, and biology. Lasting for ever — name the treaty, the doctrine, or the species.

Near in meaning

eternal, permanent, endless

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