permanently

«permanently» in Mova's school dictionary: For ever, or for a very long time, without changing or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (from «permanent»)

meaning for a pupil

1) For ever, or for a very long time, without changing or ending. tree →

2) All the time; always (permanently tired — informal exaggeration). tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and safety, permanent changes cannot be reversed (burning wood changes it permanently). In everyday life, moving somewhere permanently, a permanent marker. Phrases: «permanently damaged», «permanently closed», «live permanently».

examples

• The shop has closed permanently. tree →
• Loud noise can permanently damage your hearing. tree →
• They moved to Canada permanently. tree →
• Never look at the Sun — it can permanently hurt your eyes. tree →
• Burning paper changes it permanently. tree →
• (informal) My brother is permanently hungry. tree →
• After the miraculous passage of the Argo, the Symplegades became permanently united, and attached to the bottom of the sea. tree →

note

Opposite: temporarily. Spelling: «-ent-ly». In science: a permanent (irreversible) change cannot be undone, like cooking an egg; a temporary (reversible) change can, like melting ice.

In the corpora

• Adoption is when a child joins a new family permanently because their birth parents can't bring them up.
• Staring at screens makes you blink less, so eyes get dry and tired, but screens don't permanently damage the eyes.
• There is water ice hidden in permanently shadowed craters near Mercury's poles.
• Water ice exists in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles.

Trees and pragmatics

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