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# permanently

«permanently» in Mova's school dictionary: **For ever, or for a very long time, without changing or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (from «permanent»)

### meaning for a pupil

1) For ever, or for a very long time, without changing or ending. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/permanently/#m1)

2) All the time; always (permanently tired — informal exaggeration). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/permanently/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and safety, permanent changes cannot be reversed (burning wood changes it permanently). In everyday life, moving somewhere permanently, a permanent marker. Phrases: «permanently damaged», «permanently closed», «live permanently».

### examples

- The shop has closed permanently. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/permanently/#x1)
- Loud noise can permanently damage your hearing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/permanently/#x2)
- They moved to Canada permanently. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/permanently/#x3)
- Never look at the Sun — it can permanently hurt your eyes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/permanently/#x4)
- Burning paper changes it permanently. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/permanently/#x5)
- (informal) My brother is permanently hungry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/permanently/#x6)
- After the miraculous passage of the Argo, the Symplegades became permanently united, and attached to the bottom of the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/permanently/#x7)

### note

Opposite: temporarily. Spelling: «-ent-ly». In science: a permanent (irreversible) change cannot be undone, like cooking an egg; a temporary (reversible) change can, like melting ice.

### In the corpora

- [Adoption is when a child joins a new family permanently because their birth parents can't bring them up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/522-adoption/37/)
- [Staring at screens makes you blink less, so eyes get dry and tired, but screens don't permanently damage the eyes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/35-screens-eyes-and-sleep/5/)
- [There is water ice hidden in permanently shadowed craters near Mercury's poles.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/3-mercury/13/)
- [Water ice exists in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/6-the-moon/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «permanently» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/permanently/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.