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pysyvä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • constant adj Not changing; staying the same over time.
  • indelible adj Impossible to remove, erase, or wash away.
  • lasting adj Continuing for a long time; enduring.
  • permanent adj Lasting forever or for an indefinitely long time, without a planned end.
  • persistent adjective Continuing firmly despite difficulty or opposition; refusing to give up.
  • regular adj Happening at consistent, predictable intervals.
  • secular adj Not connected to religion; concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters.
  • staid adj Not capricious or impulsive; sedate, serious, sober.
  • sustainable adj Able to be maintained or continued over a long period.

Senses

pysyvä is used for these senses in English:

  • constant Unchanged through time or space; permanent.
  • indelible Having the quality of being difficult to delete, remove, wash away, blot out, or efface.
  • lasting Persisting for an extended period of time.
  • nonvolatile Not volatile (in any sense).
  • permanent Without end, eternal.
  • permanent Lasting for an indefinitely long time.
  • regular (chiefly, military) Permanently organised; being part of a set professional body of troops. [from 17th c.]
  • secular Continuing over a long period of time, long-term.

constant — full definition

  1. adj Not changing; staying the same over time.
  2. adj Loyal and dependable; steady in feeling or purpose.
  3. noun A value or quantity that never changes.

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