pervasive
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sɪv adjective
spread throughout: The corruption is so pervasive that it is accepted as the way to do business.
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pervasive (pɜːˈveɪsɪv) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| pervading or tending to pervade | |
| [C18: from Latin pervāsus, past participle of pervādere to | |
| per'vasively | |
| —adv | |
| per'vasiveness | |
| —n | |
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Pervasive
is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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Example sentences
Distrust and disillusionment with public action are pervasive; apathy and fatalism are common.
Such is the pervasive and continuing impact of tales told at firesides 200 years ago.
The former is rare, the latter is pervasive.
We need a better scientific understanding of these pervasive systems failures.
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