perpetuation

See also: perpétuation

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pə(ɹ)ˌpɛtjuˈeɪʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

perpetuation (countable and uncountable, plural perpetuations)

1. The act of prolonging existence, of keeping something alive or active.

Synonyms

• continuance, preservation

Derived terms

• self-perpetuation

Related terms

• perpetual
• perpetuate
• perpetuity

Translations

prolonging existence

• Bulgarian: увековечаване n (uvekovečavane)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 永續／永续 (wing⁵ zuk⁶)

• Finnish: ikuistaminen, säilyttäminen (fi)
• French: perpétuation (fr) f
• Hebrew: הַנְצָחָה
• Portuguese: perpetuação (pt) f
• Romanian: perpetuație (ro) f
• Russian: увековечение (ru) n (uvekovečenije), увековечение (ru) n (uvekovečenije)