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TOEFL BNC: 9734 COCA: 7642

perpetuate

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
perpetuate /pɚˈpɛtʃəˌweɪt/ verb
perpetuates; perpetuated; perpetuating
perpetuate
/pɚˈpɛtʃəˌweɪt/
verb
perpetuates; perpetuated; perpetuating
Learner's definition of PERPETUATE
[+ object] formal
: to cause (something that should be stopped, such as a mistaken idea or a bad situation) to continue使永久;使持续

— perpetuation

/pɚˌpɛtʃəˈweɪʃən/ noun [noncount]
TOEFL BNC: 9734 COCA: 7642

perpetuate

verb

per·​pet·​u·​ate pər-ˈpe-chə-ˌwāt How to pronounce perpetuate (audio)
perpetuated; perpetuating

transitive verb

: to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely
perpetuate the species
perpetuation noun
perpetuator noun

Example Sentences

He perpetuates the myth that his house is haunted. Fears about an epidemic are being perpetuated by the media.
Recent Examples on the Web The District suit alleges that Saylor effectively forged a devil’s pact with MicroStrategy to perpetuate the fraud. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2022 Individual coaches passed through the circuit, doing their part to perpetuate its toxic culture, but that culture transcended any single act. Tess Mcnulty, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. 2022 Even Sydney, whose quiet competence initially appears to be a tempering force, has the capacity to perpetuate the cycle of abuse. Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022 From women who were labeled witches and heretics, to the classical characters written by men to perpetuate the patriarchy, the nearly two dozen paintings tell a disheartening but nonetheless of inspiring story. San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2022 Miller has been a close ally of controversial conspiracy-spinning Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, who, among other things, has sought to perpetuate Trump’s baseless claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him. Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2022 Banning books, censoring curricula and silencing LGBTQ+ students and teachers are the latest tactics in the right’s efforts to perpetuate regressive discrimination under the guise of a culture war. Allison Hope, CNN, 16 June 2022 Maison Matisse, the company founded in 2019 by Jean-Matthieu Matisse, a great-grandson of Henri Matisse, has collaborated with designers like Alessandro Mendini, Jaime Hayon and Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec to perpetuate the artist’s philosophy. New York Times, 2 June 2022 Holbrook explained the peace hand sign depicted in the two murals on Roosevelt Row is meant to convey that the power to perpetuate or stop gun violence is in the hands of the people. Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 13 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Latin perpetuatus, past participle of perpetuare, from perpetuus

First Known Use

1530, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of perpetuate was in 1530
TOEFL BNC: 9734 COCA: 7642
perpetuate

verb

ADVERB | VERB + PERPETUATE ADVERBjust, merely, only, simply只不過使⋯持續;只是使⋯永久Giving these events a lot of media coverage merely perpetuates the problem.媒體大量報道這些事件只會使問題持續下去。thereby從而持續VERB + PERPETUATEhelp (to)有助於使⋯持續serve to, tend to起使⋯永久存在的作用;往往會使⋯持續下去Schools tend to perpetuate the myth that boys are better at science than girls.學校往往會長期存在男生理科比女生強這一錯誤觀念。seek to尋求延續

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