lasting for a long time or for all time in the future; existing all the time a permanent job permanent staff They are now living together on a permanent basis. The accident has not done any permanent damage. a permanent fixture (= a person or an object that is always in a particular place) The gallery hosts various exhibitions and a permanent collection. opposite impermanent, temporary
adverb The stroke left his right side permanently damaged. She had decided to settle permanently in France. This door is kept permanently locked.See permanent in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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