permanently

adverb

per·​ma·​nent·​ly ˈpər-mə-nənt-lē 

ˈpərm-nənt-

: in a permanent manner : in a way that continues without changing or ending : in a way that is not brief or temporary

The restaurant closed permanently in May.

an area where the ground is permanently frozen

Artificial intelligence has permanently changed our understanding of the mind and has proved itself in hundreds of unsung applications.

—Steven Pinker

Synonyms of permanently

• forever
• always
• eternally

Examples of permanently in a Sentence

planned to stay there permanently

Recent Examples on the Web

On May 27, the Beach Cities Health District board of directors voted to move forward with a redevelopment plan for its 11-acre Redondo Beach campus that will permanently close Silverado. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

Global Smartphones And Premium Release Strategies Persistent demand for memory and storage components within the enterprise AI server sector has permanently elevated the baseline manufacturing costs for consumer-grade handsets. — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

The French writer Jules Verne predicted, in 1902, that the newspaper would permanently displace the novel; the Spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gasset posited, twenty-three years later, that the great literary themes had been all but exhausted. — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 8 July 2026

The president, however, did not rule out talks continuing to permanently end the war with Iran. — Deepa Shivaram, NPR, 8 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above