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pervasive - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'pervasive' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Pervasive [ a.]
- Tending to pervade, or having power to spread throughout; of a pervading quality.

Meaning of 'pervasive' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . pervasive [ s]
Meaning (1):
- spreading or spread throughout
Example in sentence:
  • an error is pervasive if it is material to more than one conclusion;
  • armed with permeative irony...he punctures affectations;
  • the pervasive odor of garlic