pervasive
adjective/pəˈveɪsɪv/
/pərˈveɪsɪv/
- existing in all parts of a place or thing; spreading gradually to affect all parts of a place or thing
- a pervasive smell of damp
- Her influence is all-pervasive (= it affects everyone and everything).
- A sense of social change is pervasive in her novels.
- the increasingly pervasive subculture in modern society
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- prove
- become
- …
- very
- increasingly
Word Originmid 18th cent.: from Latin pervas- ‘passed through’ (from the verb pervadere) + -ive.Want to learn more?
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