everlasting

«everlasting» in Mova's school dictionary: lasting for ever, never ending — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (everlasting); noun (an everlasting — a kind of flower)

meaning for a pupil

1) Everlasting means lasting for ever, never ending. tree →

2) (informal) Everlasting can also mean going on far too long and boring: «his everlasting complaints». tree →

3) (church, Bible) In Christian prayers and the Bible, God and eternal life are called everlasting: «everlasting life». tree →

4) An everlasting (noun) is a flower that keeps its shape and colour when dried. tree →

sense in the lessons

In church, hymns and Bible lessons, «everlasting» often appears: «God is everlasting», «life everlasting»; Christians believe in everlasting life with God. In stories and fairy tales, there are everlasting gobstoppers, everlasting love or an everlasting winter. In everyday speech, people use it to complain about something that never stops. Phrases: «everlasting life», «everlasting love», «for ever and ever».

examples

• Christians believe that God's love is everlasting. tree →
• The witch cast a spell of everlasting winter. tree →
• In the story, the sweet was an everlasting gobstopper. tree →
• I'm tired of my sister's everlasting questions! tree →
• The hymn spoke of life everlasting. tree →
• Nothing on Earth is truly everlasting. tree →
• Mum dried some everlastings for a vase. tree →
• But your flowers never fade, even if they are cut; for they are everlasting." tree →

note

Built from «ever» + «lasting». Similar words: eternal, endless, permanent. In science, very little is truly everlasting: even mountains wear away and stars burn out.

In the corpora

• And for the tops of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the everlasting hills,
• Trust ye in the LORD for ever, for the LORD is GOD, an everlasting Rock.
• Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?'
• O Israel, that art saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
• That divided the water before them, to make Himself an everlasting name?

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «everlasting» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.