LASTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lasting mean? 

• LASTING (adjective)
  The adjective LASTING has 4 senses:

1. continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place

2. existing for a long time

3. retained; not shed

4. lasting a long time without change

  Familiarity information: LASTING used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LASTING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place

Synonyms:

lasting; permanent

Context example:

literature of permanent value

Similar:

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)

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)

Attribute:

permanence; permanency (the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration)

Derivation:

lastingness (permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Existing for a long time

Synonyms:

durable; lasting; long-lasting; long-lived

Context example:

a long-lasting friendship

Similar:

long (primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified)

Derivation:

lastingness (permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Retained; not shed

Synonyms:

lasting; persistent

Context example:

the persistent gills of fishes

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

Derivation:

lastingness (permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Lasting a long time without change

Context example:

a lasting relationship

Similar:

stable (resistant to change of position or condition)

Derivation:

lastingness (permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force)

 Context examples 

Hippocampal long-term potentiation (LTP), a long-lasting increase in synaptic efficacy, is the molecular basis for learning and memory.

(Long-Term Potentiation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

Compared to vildagliptin, anagliptin caused longer lasting inhibition of DPP-4 activity.

(Anagliptin, NCI Thesaurus)

These thrusters fire in tiny pulses, or "puffs," lasting mere milliseconds, to subtly rotate the spacecraft so that its antenna points at our planet.

(Voyager 1 Fires Up Thrusters After 37 Years, NASA)

Injury to the body, or an event that causes long-lasting mental or emotional damage.

(Injury, NCI Dictionary)

I wonder he does not marry, to secure a lasting convenience of that kind.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

This new moon has a friendly Saturn that will help you settle things with lasting results.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Similarly, vaccines designed to elicit antibodies against this target might provide long-lasting protection against any influenza strain, potentially eliminating the need for annual seasonal influenza vaccination.

(Human antibody reveals hidden vulnerability in influenza virus, National Institutes of Health)

The minimally invasive SPG block takes almost immediate effect with relief potentially lasting for months, researchers said.

(Innovative Treatment Offers Relief to Children with Frequent Migraine Headaches, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

During the night, it is normal to experience four or five complete cycles, each lasting around ninety minutes.

(Brain Is Still 'Connected' during Non-REM Sleep, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

This suggests that the first pregnancy causes a long-lasting change in the mammary gland.

(Mammary Gland May Have Epigenetic Memory, NIH)