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say it: LA-sting
lasting is an adjective meaning "continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place". It carries 4 recorded senses.
continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place
“permanent secretary to the president”
“permanent address”
“literature of permanent value”
existing for a long time
“hopes for a durable peace”
“a long-lasting friendship”
retained; not shed
“persistent leaves remain attached past maturity”
“the persistent gills of fishes”
biology
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for lasting come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.