permanent solution

collocation in English

meaningsofpermanentandsolution

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permanent
adjective
uk
/ˈpɜː.mə.nənt/us
/ˈpɝː.mə.nənt/
lasting for a long time or ...
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solution
noun
uk
/səˈluː.ʃən/us
/səˈluː.ʃən/
the answer to ...
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(Definition ofpermanentandsolutionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpermanent solution

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Individual farmers built dams while the government sunk boreholes, but neither investment provided apermanentsolutionto the water shortage in the area.
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I am most anxious for apermanentsolutionto be found to prevent further disruption.
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We have to look for a long-term andpermanentsolution.
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It is time that we got round to thinking of a morepermanentsolutionto the problem.
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Cannot somepermanentsolutionbe found to this urgent problem?
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Will he say now what he thinks is apermanentsolution?
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Now the works have been shut down for two months in an attempt to find apermanentsolutionto the problems inside the factory.
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It is worse than that, because charity is not apermanentsolutionof anything.
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That could only be a temporary settlement of the question; it could not be apermanentsolution.
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I believe that that is the only practical solution and the onlypermanentsolution.
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Even financial manipulation on an international plane can never provide apermanentsolution.
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We have never promised anybody apermanentsolutionfor anything.
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We must not fall into the trap of regarding them as apermanentsolutionto the problem of unemployment.
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It is not intended—it could not be—to be apermanentsolutionof the disposal of the pit refuse that will be made.
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During those three years consultation should give rise to apermanentsolutionand the 64,000 dollar question is: what is that permanent solution to be?
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They want apermanentsolutionto this situation and to the basic injustice that is clearly apparent in the system.
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The cuts in housing investment, which take away any hope of apermanentsolution, cannot be ruled out.
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