Perpetuate is an English word with synonyms like continue or uphold. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Perpetuate meaning
- To make (something) perpetual; to make (something) continue for an indefinite time; also, to preserve (something) from extinction or oblivion.
- To record (the testimony of a witness) which may be lost before a matter comes to trial.
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Using Perpetuate
- The main meaning on this page is: To make (something) perpetual; to make (something) continue for an indefinite time; also, to preserve (something) from extinction or oblivion. | To make (something) perpetual; to make (something) continue for an indefinite time; also, to preserve (something) from extinction or oblivion. | To record (the testimony of a witness) which may be lost before a matter comes to trial.
- Useful related words include: continue, uphold, carry on, bear on.
- Possible Dutch translations are: vereeuwigen.
- In the example corpus, perpetuate often appears in combinations such as: to perpetuate, perpetuate the, and perpetuate.
Context around Perpetuate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 9 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Perpetuate
- In this selection, "perpetuate" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 28.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, names, barriers, fringe, domestic and harmful stand out and add context to how "perpetuate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include acceleration to perpetuate inequalities the and areas could perpetuate the same. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "perpetuate" sits close to words such as agri, ajayi and amicable, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with perpetuate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
At least, that’s the perception commissioners and owners want to perpetuate. (12 words)
Guidelines are nice, but when they don’t make sense, why perpetuate them? (13 words)
These barriers perpetuate cycles of poverty and inequality, necessitating social and economic policies to reduce disparities. (16 words)
Groups like the Hindu American FoundationCoalition of Hindus of North America oppose the latest moves, arguing they are Hindu-phobic and claiming they perpetuate harmful stereotypes about the Hindu community that came about during colonial rule in India. (38 words)
Lincoln wrote it because he sensed a growing disregard in the land for America’s political institutions (just like today), and he was worried about how those institutions were going to perpetuate themselves in the long run. (37 words)
Addressing Ebonyi residents during the rally, the Governor’s wife emphasized that achieving desired results in the fight against GBV involves addressing first, the root causes and established norms which have continued to perpetuate the practice. (36 words)
Guidelines are nice, but when they don’t make sense, why perpetuate them? (13 words)
Example sentences (20)
Addressing Ebonyi residents during the rally, the Governor’s wife emphasized that achieving desired results in the fight against GBV involves addressing first, the root causes and established norms which have continued to perpetuate the practice.
Among those policies, he said, were creating an education system that did not “indoctrinate or perpetuate fringe ideas such as gender ideology or critical race theory” and a police force that would arrest “delinquents and deviants”.
At least, that’s the perception commissioners and owners want to perpetuate.
But concerns persist that the system could also perpetuate domestic violence or abuse by forcing ongoing contact with a former spouse.
Groups like the Hindu American FoundationCoalition of Hindus of North America oppose the latest moves, arguing they are Hindu-phobic and claiming they perpetuate harmful stereotypes about the Hindu community that came about during colonial rule in India.
Guidelines are nice, but when they don’t make sense, why perpetuate them?
He said he hopes that once the new name is proposed and accepted, there will be more conversations about the importance of reconciliation through renaming monuments, parkways, buildings and other places whose names perpetuate colonization.
However, Daniels' strong moral code forbade him from agreeing to manipulate crime statistics and perpetuate the corruption he had always opposed.
In that decade, Africa was in the struggle for life as a vicious regime in Portugal massacred Africans in Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau and Angola in an attempt to perpetuate its colonial rule.
It can be overwhelming to talk to others who may think differently from you; but if we don’t have these important conversations, those who hold transphobic viewpoints will continue to perpetuate harm against trans communities.
It’s really a good example of how we should be cautioned that rather than eliminating bias, these hiring tools can often perpetuate bias.
Lincoln wrote it because he sensed a growing disregard in the land for America’s political institutions (just like today), and he was worried about how those institutions were going to perpetuate themselves in the long run.
No less irresponsible has been the to perpetuate the war habit even as we recognize the inseparable role wars have always played in the destruction of the planet.
Recognizing the potential of the digital acceleration to perpetuate inequalities, the Challenge presented an opportunity to discuss digitalization as a barrier to women’s economic status.
Sir Mark said the Met would focus on three priorities including "targeting men who perpetuate violence against women and children", building "the strongest ever neighbourhood policing", and "taking an increasingly proactive approach to reducing crime".
These barriers perpetuate cycles of poverty and inequality, necessitating social and economic policies to reduce disparities.
They contend that lifting sanctions without tangible progress in these areas could perpetuate the same problems that led to their imposition in the first place.
They endure an unemployment rate that reaches 40%, shameful poverty, rock bottom wages, and, to top it all, an apparently corrupt regime, with an extreme political ideology, that finds it convenient to perpetuate poverty.
This can lead to a cycle of poverty and inequality as they have less control over their reproductive health, and this can perpetuate gender inequality.
All medical students should be working together to learn to provide optimal medical care to all patients rather than to perpetuate, absurd, racist notions," Goldfarb said to Fox News Digital.
Common combinations with perpetuate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to perpetuate 66×
- perpetuate the 33×
- and perpetuate 13×
- that perpetuate 9×
- perpetuate themselves 5×
- perpetuate this 5×
- can perpetuate 4×
- perpetuate it 4×
- will perpetuate 4×
- perpetuate himself 4×