different between continuing vs durable
continuing
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?t?nju???/
Verb
continuing
- present participle of continue
Translations
Noun
continuing (plural continuings)
- A continuation.
Anagrams
- un-noticing, unnoticing
continuing From the web:
- what continuing education
- what continuing professional development
- what is considered continuing education
- what is meant by continuing education
- what does continuing education mean
durable
English
Etymology
From Middle English durable, from Old French durable, from Latin d?r?bilis (“lasting, permanent”), from d?r? (“harden, make hard”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d(j)????b?l/
Adjective
durable (comparative more durable, superlative most durable)
- Able to resist wear, decay; lasting; enduring.
Synonyms
- permanent
Antonyms
- weak
- vulnerable
- transitory
Translations
Noun
durable (plural durables)
- (economics) A durable thing, one useful over more than one period, especially a year.
Antonyms
- nondurable
Translations
Anagrams
- delubra
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin d?r?bilis.
Adjective
durable (epicene, plural durables)
- durable (able to resist wear; enduring)
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin d?r?bilis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /du??a.bl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /du??a.ble/
Adjective
durable (masculine and feminine plural durables)
- durable
- Synonym: durador
Related terms
- durabilitat
Further reading
- “durable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “durable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “durable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “durable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin d?r?bilis. See durer and -able.
Pronunciation
Adjective
durable (plural durables)
- durable
- sustainable
Related terms
- durabilité
- durablement
- développement durable
See also
- écologique, vert
Further reading
- “durable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin d?r?bilis.
Adjective
durable (plural durables)
- durable
- Synonyms: duradero, perdurable
durable From the web:
- what durable means
- what durable power of attorney
- what durable power of attorney means
- what do durable mean
- what is meant by durable
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