permanent feature

collocation in English

meaningsofpermanentandfeature

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permanent
adjective
uk
/ˈpɜː.mə.nənt/us
/ˈpɝː.mə.nənt/
lasting for a long time or ...
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feature
noun
uk
/ˈfiː.tʃər/us
/ˈfiː.tʃɚ/
a typical quality or an important part ...
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(Definition ofpermanentandfeaturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpermanent feature

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As a result, arms control and regulation have become apermanentfeatureof international politics.
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These are associated with glacial action, are apermanentfeature, and are frozen for most of the year.
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Another importantpermanentfeatureis the physical structure of historically established districts.
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This unit then becomes apermanentfeaturedetector in the network, available for producing outputs or for creating other, more complex feature detectors.
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The historical experience from merger control, thus, shows even more clearly that self-interest in regard to competences has been apermanentfeaturein the debates about competence allocation.
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It must not be taken as apermanentfeatureof our arrangements that such storage should continue.
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I do not for a moment mean that this is apermanentfeatureof our legislative set-up.
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It is apermanentfeatureof human society, much as one may regret it.
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Secondly, it is almost apermanentfeatureof our way of life and not just a regional example of a national and international economic malady.
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Is it not highly desirable that this new flexibility in the international monetary system should continue as apermanentfeature?
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They have done so for very sound reasons—because of the inflationary spiral which is now apermanentfeatureof our society.
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Will these long periods of drought be apermanentfeature, and if so, is that related to global warming?
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This is, unfortunately, apermanentfeatureof political reality in these two countries.
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It would, however, be difficult to get this temporary labour force expanded too far into a morepermanentfeature.
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The unequivocal message from the research is that the experiment should cease and televising become apermanentfeature.
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What we are doing today will be a morepermanentfeaturerather than a gradual elimination.
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This has been apermanentfeatureof human history and will always exist.
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It is not intended that an income guarantee scheme shall be apermanentfeatureof our social security arrangements.
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If it were going to be apermanentfeatureof traffic, a public inquiry would be necessary in the ordinary way.
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