impermanent

impermanent
adjective Date: 1653 not permanent ; transientimpermanently adverb

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  • Impermanent — Im*per ma*nent, a. Not permanent. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Impermanent — Impermanent, lat. dtsch., unbeständig, Impermanenz, Unbeständigkeit …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • impermanent — index acting, ephemeral, interim, precarious, temporary, transient, transitory Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton …   Law dictionary

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  • impermanent — impermanent, ente (in pèr ma nan, nan t ) adj. Qui n est pas permanent. ÉTYMOLOGIE    Im... négatif, et permanent …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • impermanent — (adj.) 1650s, from assimilated form of in not, opposite of (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + PERMANENT (Cf. permanent) …   Etymology dictionary

  • impermanent — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not permanent. DERIVATIVES impermanence noun impermanently adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • impermanent — [im pʉr′mə nənt] adj. not permanent; not lasting; fleeting; temporary impermanence n. impermanency impermanently adv …   English World dictionary

  • impermanent — [[t]ɪmpɜ͟ː(r)mənənt[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that is impermanent does not last for ever. [FORMAL] To see him standing there, against the vacant sky, is to be reminded just how small and how impermanent we are. Syn: transient Ant: permanent… …   English dictionary

  • impermanent — im|per|ma|nent [ımˈpə:mənənt US ə:r ] adj formal not staying the same for ever = ↑temporary ≠ ↑permanent ▪ single storey structures, built from cheap and impermanent materials >impermanence n [U] ▪ His philosophy stressed the impermanence of… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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