lasting Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb persist for a specified period of time
    last; endure.
    • The bad weather lasted for three days
  2. verb continue to live through hardship or adversity
    live on; last; hold up; live; endure; hold out; go; survive.
    • We went without water and food for 3 days
    • These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America
    • The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents
    • how long can a person last without food and water?
  3. adjective continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place
    permanent.
    • permanent secretary to the president
    • permanent address
    • literature of permanent value
  4. adjective satellite existing for a long time
    durable; long-lived; long-lasting.
    • hopes for a durable peace
    • a long-lasting friendship
  5. adjective retained; not shed
    persistent.
    • persistent leaves remain attached past maturity
    • the persistent gills of fishes
  6. adjective satellite lasting a long time without change
    • a lasting relationship

WordNet

Last"ing adjective
Definitions
  1. Existing or continuing a long while; enduring; as, a lasting good or evil; a lasting color. Syn. -- Durable; permanent; undecaying; perpetual; unending. -- Lasting, Permanent, Durable. Lasting commonly means merely continuing in existence; permanent carries the idea of continuing in the same state, position, or course; durable means lasting in spite of agencies which tend to destroy.
Last"ing noun
Definitions
  1. Continuance; endurance. Locke.
  2. A species of very durable woolen stuff, used for women's shoes; everlasting.
  3. The act or process of shaping on a last.
Last"ing adverb
Definitions
  1. In a lasting manner.

Webster 1913