What part of speech is permanent?

Permanent can be categorized as a noun and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. permanent is a noun, singular of permanents.
  • 2. permanent is an adjective.

Inflections

Noun

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more permanent
    most permanent
  • Positive: permanent 
  • Comparative: more permanent
  • Superlative: most permanent

Adjective to adverb

What does permanent mean?

Definitions

Adjective

permanent - continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place; "permanent secretary to the president"; "permanent address"; "literature of permanent value"
permanent - not capable of being reversed or returned to the original condition; "permanent brain damage"

Noun

permanent - A chemical hair treatment imparting or removing curliness, whose effects typically last for a period of weeks; a perm.
permanent - Given an n \times n matrix a_{ij \,, the sum over all permutations \pi \, of \prod_{i=1^n{a_{i\pii.

Examples of permanent

#   Sentence  
1. adj. Permanent secretary to the president.
2. adj. Permanent address.
3. adj. Literature of permanent value.
4. adj. Permanent brain damage.
5. adj. Under President Hu Jintao, Beijing has opened out to New Delhi and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao is expected to visit early next year, making friends by formally accepting Sikkim as part of India and backing India as a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council -- thus leaving Washington as the only one of the "permanent five" that has not yet done so.
6. adj. The money funds their travel, explosives, hideouts and permanent search for soft vulnerable targets.
7. adj. The signoff for additional permanent 'Enron' headcount who will 'duplicate' certain key position control processes ultimately replacing some existing Traffic staff.
8. adj. China's strong hand in this even extends to the diplomatic realm; China is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, and could veto any actions against Iran proposed by the United States.
9. adj. The Skilled Worker category was my first attempt at permanent residency.
10. adj. But I got lucky because I qualified under another category to become a permanent resident.
11. adj. Please give me your permanent address.
12. adj. They did not have permanent homes, so they did not plant crops for food.
13. adj. Permanent peace is nothing but an illusion.
14. adj. Do you want your permanent to look natural?
15. adj. A permanent is extra.
Sentence  
adj.
Permanent secretary to the president.
Permanent address.
Literature of permanent value.
Permanent brain damage.
Under President Hu Jintao, Beijing has opened out to New Delhi and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao is expected to visit early next year, making friends by formally accepting Sikkim as part of India and backing India as a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council -- thus leaving Washington as the only one of the "permanent five" that has not yet done so.
The money funds their travel, explosives, hideouts and permanent search for soft vulnerable targets.
The signoff for additional permanent 'Enron' headcount who will 'duplicate' certain key position control processes ultimately replacing some existing Traffic staff.
China's strong hand in this even extends to the diplomatic realm; China is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, and could veto any actions against Iran proposed by the United States.
The Skilled Worker category was my first attempt at permanent residency.
But I got lucky because I qualified under another category to become a permanent resident.
Please give me your permanent address.
They did not have permanent homes, so they did not plant crops for food.
Permanent peace is nothing but an illusion.
Do you want your permanent to look natural?
A permanent is extra.

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