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Meaning of perdure | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
/pəˈd͡ʒʊə̯/

Definitions

  1. To continue to exist, last or endure, especially for a great length of time.
    intransitive
  2. To exist in such a way as to possess distinct temporal parts (in perdurantism).
    intransitive

Examples

“Saying that a trait has an evolutionary history is to say something stronger than the fact that it has perdured across generations. Humans have probably believed that water is wet for a very long time, although this belief has no evolutionary history.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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