Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: perpetuate
IPA transcription: [pɚp'ɛtʃəw,eɪt]
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: perpetuate
    Meaning: cause to continue or prevail; "perpetuate a myth"
Usage examples
  • Calmness followed, and then all the circumstances of my life here conspired to perpetuate that calm.
  • A strong sense of the value and blessings of union induced the people, at a very early period, to institute a federal government to preserve and perpetuate it.
  • Very large tonnage being thus made a prime necessity, it followed that the space provided must be utilised, and this need has tended to perpetuate the combination of mail and passenger traffic with cargo carrying.