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perpetuate
[ per-pech-oo-eyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to enable or allow the continuation of into the future; keep alive (used most often in reference to something considered harmful or false): Vines obscured a plaque intended to perpetuate her memory.
Social media played a significant role in perpetuating political divisions.
Vines obscured a plaque intended to perpetuate her memory.
- to preserve from extinction or oblivion: perpetuate the species.
to perpetuate one's name;
perpetuate the species.
perpetuate
/ pəˈpɛtjʊˌeɪt /
verb
- tr to cause to continue or prevail
to perpetuate misconceptions
Usage
Derived Forms
- perˌpetuˈation, noun
Other Words From
- per·pet·u·a·ble adjective
- per·pet·u·a·tion [per-pech-oo-, ey, -sh, uh, n], per·pet·u·ance [per-, pech, -oo-, uh, ns], noun
- per·pet·u·a·tor noun
- un·per·pet·u·a·ble adjective
- un·per·pet·u·at·ing adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of perpetuate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of perpetuate1
Example Sentences
In other words, what might have seemed like a mutually convenient layby into which Ms Gray could be shunted, ended up perpetuating a rather public soap opera.
As a result, we have enforced knowledge hierarchies that perpetuate information silos.
The Israeli government has also long denounced the agency's teaching and textbooks for, in its view, perpetuating anti-Israel views.
Israel has long complained that the existence of Unrwa perpetuates the problem of Palestinian refugees – a core issue in the Israel-Palestinian conflict.
"Through her focus on the multifaceted experiences of Dalit women, Paik elucidates the enduring nature of caste discrimination and the forces that perpetuate untouchability and marginality," the Foundation said while announcing this year’s nominees.
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