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- Dictionaryperpetuate/pəˈpɛtʃʊeɪt/
verb
- 1. make (something) continue indefinitely: "the confusion was perpetuated through inadvertence"
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to cause something to continue: Increasing the supply of weapons will only perpetuate the violence and anarchy. The aim of the association is to perpetuate the skills of traditional furniture design. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Continue & last. bash on. bubble away. carry (something) on. cease. cont. echo. immortality. immortally.
The meaning of PERPETUATE is to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely. How to use perpetuate in a sentence.
Perpetuate definition: to enable or allow the continuation of into the future; keep alive (used most often in reference to something considered harmful or false). See examples of PERPETUATE used in a sentence.
If you perpetuate something, you help it last. Perpetrate , on the other hand, means to commit a criminal act. Needless to say, you wouldn't want to perpetuate the acts of perpetrators!
to cause something to continue: Increasing the supply of weapons will only perpetuate the violence and anarchy. The aim of the association is to perpetuate the skills of traditional furniture design. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Continue & last.
Verb Forms. to make something such as a bad situation, a belief, etc. continue for a long time. perpetuate something to perpetuate injustice. Comics tend to perpetuate the myth that ‘boys don't cry’.
If someone or something perpetuates a situation, system, or belief, especially a bad one, they cause it to continue. We must not perpetuate the religious divisions of the past. [VERB noun] This image is a myth perpetuated by the media. [VERB-ed]
per·pet·u·ate. (pər-pĕch′o͞o-āt′) tr.v. per·pet·u·at·ed, per·pet·u·at·ing, per·pet·u·ates. 1. To cause to continue indefinitely; make perpetual. 2. To prolong the existence of; cause to be remembered: The new library will perpetuate its founder's great love of learning.
perpetuate meaning, definition, what is perpetuate: to make a situation, attitude etc, espec...: Learn more.
Definition of perpetuate verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
