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- Dictionaryperpetuate/pəˈpɛtʃʊeɪt/
verb
- 1. make (something) continue indefinitely: "the confusion was perpetuated through inadvertence"
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to cause something to continue: The movie perpetuates stereotypes of small-town life. (Definition of perpetuate from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of perpetuate.
If you perpetuate something, you help it last. Perpetrate , on the other hand, means to commit a criminal act. Needless to say, you wouldn't want to perpetuate the acts of perpetrators!
to cause something to continue: Increasing the supply of weapons will only perpetuate the violence and anarchy. The aim of the association is to perpetuate the skills of traditional furniture design. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Continue & last. bash on phrasal verb. bubble away. carry (something) on phrasal verb. cease. cont. echo.
Perpetuate definition: to enable or allow the continuation of into the future; keep alive (used most often in reference to something considered harmful or false). See examples of PERPETUATE used in a sentence.
The meaning of PERPETUATE is to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely. How to use perpetuate in a sentence.
If someone or something perpetuates a situation, system, or belief, especially a bad one, they cause it to continue. We must not perpetuate the social divisions of the past. American English: perpetuate / pərˈpɛtʃueɪt /. Brazilian Portuguese: perpetuar.
Definition of perpetuate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. To cause to continue indefinitely; make perpetual. 2. To prolong the existence of; cause to be remembered: The new library will perpetuate its founder's great love of learning. [Latin perpetuāre, perpetuāt-, from perpetuus, continuous; see perpetual.] per·pet′u·ance, per·pet′u·a′tion n. per·pet′u·a′tor n.
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verb. To make perpetual; cause to continue or be remembered; preserve from oblivion. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To prolong the existence of; cause to be remembered. The new library will perpetuate its founder's great love of learning. American Heritage. To prolong the existence of. Wiktionary. Synonyms: keep. sustain. prolong.
