pervasive

  • 1Pervasive — is something penetrating or affecting everything. It may refer to: *Pervasive Computing a human computer interaction paradigm *Pervasive Software a software company in USA …

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  • 2Pervasive — Per*va sive, a. Tending to pervade, or having power to spread throughout; of a pervading quality. Civilization pervasive and general. M. Arnold. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 3pervasive — [pər vā′siv] adj. tending to pervade or spread throughout pervasively adv. pervasiveness n. * * * per·va·sive (pər vāʹsĭv, zĭv) adj. Having the quality or tendency to pervade or permeate: the pervasive odor of garlic.   [From Latin pervāsus, past …

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  • 4pervasive — index broad, ubiquitous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 5pervasive — 1660s, from L. pervas , pp. stem of pervadere (see PERVADE (Cf. pervade)) + IVE (Cf. ive) …

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  • 6pervasive — [adj] extensive all over the place*, can’t get away from*, common, general, inescapable, omnipresent, permeating, pervading, prevalent, rife, ubiquitous, universal, wall towall*, widespread; concept 772 Ant. light, limited, narrow …

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  • 7pervasive — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ spreading widely through something; widespread. DERIVATIVES pervasively adverb pervasiveness noun …

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  • 8pervasive — [pər vā′siv] adj. tending to pervade or spread throughout pervasively adv. pervasiveness n …

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  • 9pervasive — adjective existing or spreading everywhere: the pervasive influence of television | all pervasive (=extremely pervasive): the all pervasive mood of apathy pervasiveness noun (U) pervasively adverb …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 10pervasive — [[t]pə(r)ve͟ɪsɪv[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something, especially something bad, that is pervasive is present or felt throughout a place or thing. [FORMAL] ...the pervasive influence of the army in national life... She lives with a pervasive sense of guilt …

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