From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lasting \Last"ing\, adjective Existing or continuing a long while; enduring; as, a lasting good or evil; a lasting color.
Syn: Durable; permanent; undecaying; perpetual; unending.
Usage: {Lasting}, {Permanent}, {Durable}. Lasting commonly means merely continuing in existence; permanent carries the idea of continuing in the same state, position, or course; durable means lasting in spite of agencies which tend to destroy.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Last \Last\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Lasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lasting}.] [OE. lasten, As. l[ae]stan to perform, execute, follow, last, continue, fr. l[=a]st, l[=ae]st, trace, footstep, course; akin to G. leisten to perform, Goth. laistjan to follow. See {Last} mold of the foot.]
1. To continue in time; to endure; to remain in existence.
[I] proffered me to be slave in all that she me would ordain while my life lasted. --Testament of Love.
2. To endure use, or continue in existence, without impairment or exhaustion; as, this cloth lasts better than that; the fuel will last through the winter.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
1. Continuance; endurance. --Locke.
2. A species of very durable woolen stuff, used for women's shoes; everlasting.
3. The act or process of shaping on a last.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place; "permanent secretary to the president"; "permanent address"; "literature of permanent value" [syn: {permanent}] [ant: {impermanent}]
2: existing for a long time; "hopes for a durable peace"; "a long-lasting friendship" [syn: {durable}, {long-lasting}, {long-lived}]
3: retained; not shed; "persistent leaves remain attached past maturity"; "the persistent gills of fishes" [syn: {persistent}] [ant: {caducous}]
4: lasting a long time without change; "a lasting relationship"
5: lasting for an indefinitely long period of time [syn: {everlasting}, {eternal}, {eonian}, {aeonian}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
221 Moby Thesaurus words for "lasting": abiding, adamantine, age-long, aged, alive, ancient, antique, assiduous, bulky, cartilaginous, changeless, chewy, chronic, chronological, cohesive, constant, continual, continuing, continuous, coriaceous, dense, diligent, diuturnal, dogged, drawn-out, durable, durational, durative, eidetic, endless, enduring, eternal, evergreen, everlasting, extended, faithful, fibrous, firm, fixed, fresh, frozen, green, gristly, hard, hardy, heavy, immobile, immutable, inalterable, incessant, incommutable, inconvertible, indefatigable, indefeasible, indelible, indissoluble, indomitable, industrious, inert, insistent, insusceptible of change, intact, interminable, intransient, intransmutable, invariable, inveterate, invincible, inviolate, irretrievable, irreversible, irrevocable, kept in remembrance, languishing, leatherlike, leathery, lengthened, lingering, long, long-continuing, long-drawn, long-drawn-out, long-lasting, long-lived, long-pending, long-standing, long-term, long-winded, longeval, longevous, loyal, macrobiotic, marathon, massive, never-tiring, noble, nonreturnable, nonreversible, obstinate, of long duration, of long standing, old, overlong, patient, patient as Job, perdurable, perduring, perennial, permanent, perpetual, perseverant, persevering, persistent, persisting, pertinacious, plodding, plugging, preoccupied, prolonged, protracted, quiescent, rapt, recalled, recollected, relentless, remaining, remembered, resistant, resolute, retained, reverseless, rigid, ropy, rugged, sedulous, sempervirent, sempiternal, sinewy, single-minded, sleepless, slogging, solid, sound, spun-out, stable, static, stationary, staying, steadfast, steady, stiff, stout, stretched-out, stringy, strong, stubborn, sturdy, sustained, temporal, tenacious, tireless, torpid, tough, tough as leather, unabating, unalterable, unalterative, unaltered, unceasing, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, unchecked, unconquerable, undaunted, undeflectable, undestroyed, undeviating, undiscouraged, undrooping, undying, unfading, unfailing, unfaltering, unflagging, unflinching, unforgotten, unintermitting, uninterrupted, unmodifiable, unnodding, unrelaxing, unrelenting, unremitting, unrestorable, unreturnable, unshifting, unsleeping, unsusceptible, unswerving, untiring, unvariable, unvaried, unvarying, unwavering, unwearied, unwearying, unwinking, unyielding, utterly attentive, vigorous, viscid, vital, vivid, weariless, well-built, well-constructed, well-founded, well-grounded, well-made, wiry
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