permanent record

collocation in English

meaningsofpermanentandrecord

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permanent
adjective
uk
/ˈpɜː.mə.nənt/
us
/ˈpɝː.mə.nənt/
lasting for a long time or ...
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record
noun
uk
/ˈrek.ɔːd/
us
/ˈrek.ɚd/
a piece of information or a description of an event that is written on paper or stored on ...
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(Definition ofpermanentandrecordfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpermanent record

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The dynamic nature of knowledge presents difficulties, as anypermanentrecord(by definition) 'freezes' the information that it communicates.
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But it is on thepermanentrecord.
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They require apermanentrecordof the location of disposal.
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The question of apermanentrecord, reports, and so forth, will arise.
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They serve a transitory purpose only and are not intended as apermanentrecord.
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Radar stations are to maintain apermanentrecordof supersonic flights carried out under their control.
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Clause 32 provides that the authority shall have apermanentrecordof what has been authorised.
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He has to decide what records should be preserved forpermanentrecordpurposes.
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We return to the question that there should be somepermanentrecord.
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Treating as distinct the events associated with each order necessarily creates apermanentrecordof the choice because the two branches of the choice then arrive at distinct states.
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These are important matters and it is right that they should form part of thepermanentrecord.
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It is useful for a solicitor and for a friend or colleague to have apermanentrecordin that form.
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If that was done, it would form apermanentrecordwhich would be available for subsequent inspection.
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I hope that, if such a system is adopted, the civil service will keep apermanentrecordof those who have the necessary skills.
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We would like to be reassured that where an authority decides to go over to computerised records there will still be apermanentrecordavailable.
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Where it is not, nopermanentrecordof the incident is maintained and the location of the lost chemical is generally unknown.
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I think that it is appropriate that we should take this opportunity of placing onpermanentrecordour deep sense of gratitude and appreciation.
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This is suitable machinery for making grants of which the instrument is both apermanentrecordand a document of title.
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If an error is made in this record, it can be corrected for the bound volume so that it will not become apermanentrecord.
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It provided the college with apermanentrecordof important events.
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A fathometer will display water depth and can make an automaticpermanentrecordof measurements.
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There is nopermanentrecordof the test to be reviewed later.
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It would be a good thing if somepermanentrecordwas placed there, for the sake of posterity, if not for the sake of the present.
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The result would be not only apermanentrecordfor the advice of the client but also the name of the professional person in charge of the transaction.
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We do not know whether they are bound to keep minutes of all their proceedings and to preserve those minutes as apermanentrecordof their various operations.
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