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Pervasive Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ive

Pervasive has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

spreading or spread throughout

"armed with permeative irony...he punctures affectations"

"the pervasive odor of garlic"

"an error is pervasive if it is material to more than one conclusion"

2

Manifested throughout; pervading, permeating, penetrating or affecting everything.

"The pervasive smell of rain filled every corner of the open garage, making it impossible to ignore even while working on the car."

Example Sentences
"armed with permeative irony...he punctures affectations" adjective
"the pervasive odor of garlic" adjective
"an error is pervasive if it is material to more than one conclusion" adjective
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
vive zive give yive jive wive tive rive five bive dive live hive skive blive shive alive snive chive swive
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