lasting
IPA: ɫˈæstɪŋ
noun
- (obsolete) The action or state of persisting; the time during which something or someone persists.
- A durable woollen material formerly used for women's shoes.
- The act or process of shaping footwear on a last.
adjective
- Persisting for an extended period of time.
- (obsolete) Persisting forever.
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Examples of "lasting" in Sentences
- Shrinkage of the lasting piece lasts the shoe upper to the last.
- Chief Justice Goodrich, assisted by Judge Cooper, the term lasting one week.
- Region Board of Trustees for a term lasting from Sept. 1 through Aug. 31, 2012.
- This dogmatic upbringing left Hayes with what he called a lasting “moral hangover” that he resented by the time of his adolescence.
- He held up Ireland as a model for the world by describing its move from violent divisions to what he called a lasting peace on the island.
- Secretary of State Rice, now in Asia, expected to head back to the region this weekend, trying to line up what she calls a lasting cease-fire.
- James Snow, as most people would know was the longest serving Minister of Transportation in the province of Ontario with his term lasting 9 years.
- The president again today said the way out of this is for the Security Council to work on resolution that brings what he calls a lasting or an enduring cease-fire.
- Quite clearly, the Barack Obama administration is pleased with the work Kiani is doing and he is now assured of a term lasting until November 2013 - until the date Afghan President Hamid
- Monday the United Nations meeting to come up with an agreement over an international stabilization force to help the Lebanese army secure and protect its border, to create some sort of buffer zone with Israel and then finally, perhaps an ambitious plan, some U.S. officials say is to try to get a U.N. resolution as early as the end of next week, to set up conditions for what they call a lasting peace.