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- Dictionaryperpetuate/pəˈpɛtʃʊeɪt/
verb
- 1. make (something) continue indefinitely: "the confusion was perpetuated through inadvertence"
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(Definition of perpetuate from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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 someone or something perpetuates a situation, system, or belief, especially a bad one, they cause it to continue. We must not perpetuate the social divisions of the past. American English: perpetuate / pərˈpɛtʃueɪt /. Brazilian Portuguese: perpetuar.
PERPETUATE meaning: to cause (something that should be stopped, such as a mistaken idea or a bad situation) to continue
Definition of perpetuate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Add to word list. 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.
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!
perpetuate, perpetuate [sth] vtr (cause to continue) perpetuar⇒ vtr : His comedy serves to perpetuate racial stereotypes. Su comedia sólo sirve para perpetuar estereotipos raciales.
to make perpetual. to preserve from extinction or oblivion: to perpetuate one's name.
