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How to pronounce permanent
Say it like this: /ˈpɜː.mə.nənt/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does permanent mean?
adjWithout end, eternal.
“Nothing in this world is truly permanent.”
Lasting for an indefinitely long time.
“The countries are now locked in a permanent state of conflict.”
nounA chemical hair treatment imparting or removing curliness, whose effects typically last for a period of weeks; a perm.
“She had pewter-coloured hair set in a ruthless permanent, a hard beak and large moist eyes with the sympathetic expression of wet stones.”
Given an n×n matrix a_ij,, the sum over all permutations π, of ∏ᵢ₌₁ⁿa_iπ(i).
A card whose effects persist beyond the turn on which it is played.
verbTo perm (the hair).
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