lasting

1. Continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place (synset 301758923)
   "permanent secretary to the president"; "permanent address"; "literature of permanent value"
   also:

   • unchangeable - not changeable or subject to change
   • ineradicable - not able to be destroyed or rooted out
   • stable - resistant to change of position or condition
   tells us about: permanence, permanency - the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration
   similar to:

   • abiding, enduring, imperishable - lasting a long time
   • aeonian, ageless, eonian, eternal, everlasting, perpetual, unceasing, unending - continuing forever or indefinitely
   • indissoluble - used of decisions and contracts
   • standing - not created for a particular occasion
   same as: permanent
2. Existing for a long time (synset 301442370)
   "hopes for a durable peace"; "a long-lasting friendship"
   similar to: long - primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
   same as: durable, long-lasting, long-lived
3. Retained;
   Not shed (synset 301762851)
   "persistent leaves remain attached past maturity"; "the persistent gills of fishes"
   referred to in: biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms
   same as: persistent
4. Lasting a long time without change (synset 302299232)
   "a lasting relationship"
   similar to: stable - resistant to change of position or condition

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