PERMANENTLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does permanently mean? 

• PERMANENTLY (adverb)
  The adverb PERMANENTLY has 1 sense:

1. for a long time without essential change

  Familiarity information: PERMANENTLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERMANENTLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

For a long time without essential change

Synonyms:

for good; permanently

Context example:

he is permanently disabled

Antonym:

temporarily (for a limited time only; not permanently)

Pertainym:

permanent (continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place)

 Context examples 

Scientists with NASA's Dawn mission have identified permanently shadowed regions on the dwarf planet Ceres.

(Dawn Maps Ceres Craters Where Ice Can Accumulate, NASA)

Regions of the genome that are permanently in a highly condensed condition and are not genetically expressed.

(Heterochromatin, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

With such a tight orbit, LHS 3844b is most likely "tidally locked," which is when one side of a planet permanently faces the star.

(A Rare Look at a Rocky Exoplanet's Surface, NASA)

One key science finding in 2012 provided compelling support for the hypothesis that Mercury harbors abundant frozen water and other volatile materials in its permanently shadowed polar craters.

(NASA Spacecraft Achieves Unprecedented Success Studying Mercury, NASA)

To stop or end, permanently or temporarily.

(Discontinue, NCI Thesaurus)

For decades it has been postulated these so-called permanently shadowed regions are so cold that any ice trapped within them can potentially survive for billions of years.

(The Moon and Mercury May Have Thick Ice Deposits, NASA)

Hydrocephalus can permanently damage the brain, causing problems with physical and mental development.

(Hydrocephalus, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

A substance that permanently blocks the action of an enzyme.

(Irreversible enzyme inhibitor, NCI Dictionary)

A binding site where a ligand is permanently bound.

(Nonexchangeable Site, NCI Thesaurus)

Over time, this rubbing can permanently damage the joint.

(Osteoarthritis, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)