pervasive

[ per-vey-siv ]

/ pərˈveɪ sɪv /

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adjective

spread throughout: The corruption is so pervasive that it is accepted as the way to do business.

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OTHER WORDS FROM pervasive

per·va·sive·ly, adverbper·va·sive·ness, nounin·ter·per·va·sive, adjectivein·ter·per·va·sive·ly, adverb

non·per·va·sive, adjectivenon·per·va·sive·ly, adverbun·per·va·sive, adjectiveun·per·va·sive·ly, adverb

Words nearby pervasive

Peruvian mastic tree, Peruvian wart, Peruzzi, perv, pervade, pervasive, pervasive developmental disorder, pervasiveness, perverse, perversely, perversion

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How to use pervasive in a sentence

That will mean pervasive discounting with a side of free shipping to coax shoppers to buy.
A Corona Xmas: Why physical stores will power online shopping this holiday season|Greg Sterling|September 4, 2020|Search Engine Land
While the beer brand isn’t the only big advertisers in esports, it is one of the more pervasive.
‘Gaming is where culture is being set’: Bud Light gets serious about esports|Seb Joseph|September 3, 2020|Digiday
For now, I’ll say that this was a big exercise in how a great story can become so pervasive that it seems true.
Your car is probably full of spiders|PopSci Staff|September 2, 2020|Popular-Science
Often this magazine’s approach was quite pointed, as when it criticized President Lyndon Johnson for failing to act on the 1968 Kerner Commission’s finding that pervasive racism fueled civil disorder.
Can science help create a more just society?|Nancy Shute|July 4, 2020|Science News

The few tools that previously existed tend to measure overt gender bias like harassment, rather than the subtle ones that are so pervasive.
New Tool To Measure Gender Bias In The Workplace May Help Finally Eliminate It|LGBTQ-Editor|May 19, 2020|No Straight News
Pervasive monitoring would also undermine the privacy of user communications.
Internet Anti-Piracy Bill Would Chill Free Expression|David Sohn|November 24, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Pervasive odors of ripening vine, Fill the air like a luscious wine.
The Optimist's Good Morning|Florence Hobart Perin
Pervasive drug use among students creates a climate in the schools that is destructive to learning.
What Works: Schools Without Drugs|United States Department of Education

British Dictionary definitions for pervasive

pervasive

/ (pɜːˈveɪsɪv) /

adjective

pervading or tending to pervade

Derived forms of pervasive

pervasively, adverbpervasiveness, noun

Word Origin for pervasive

C18: from Latin pervāsus, past participle of pervādere to pervade

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