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lasting

UK /ˈlɑːstɪŋ/US /ˈlæstɪŋ/

noun 3
adjective 2
forms 3

noun3

The act or process of shaping footwear on a last.
(historical) In full lasting cloth: a durable, plain woven fabric formerly used for making clothes and for the uppers of women's shoes.
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(no longer used) The action or state of persisting; the time during which something or someone persists.
- But concerning the several degrees of lasting, wherewith Ideas are imprinted on the Memory, we may observe […] — 1689

adjective2

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Persisting for an extended period of time.
- After World War I it was hoped that a lasting peace had been achieved. It hadn’t.
- I was taken to the theatre for the first time when I was six years old, and the experience made a lasting impression on me.
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(no longer used) Persisting forever.
- I am the cygnet to this pale faint swan, Who chants a doleful hymn to his own death, And from the organ-pipe of frailty sings His soul and body to their lasting rest. — 1596

forms

lastings · more lasting · most lasting

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