Pervasive

Word PERVASIVE
Character 9
Hyphenation per va sive
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Pervasive"

What do we mean by pervasive?

Having the quality or tendency to pervade or permeate. adjective

Tending or having power to pervade.

Tending to pervade, or having power to spread throughout; of a pervading quality. adjective

Manifested throughout; pervading, permeating, penetrating or affecting everything. adjective

Spreading or spread throughout adjective

Manifested throughout; pervading, permeating, penetrating or affecting everything.

WHEN YOU BE STICKIN YOUR NOSE IN OTHER PEOPLES BUSINESS! Urban Dictionary

An unwanted influence or physical effect spreading widely throughout an area or group of people. Urban Dictionary

Essentially the same as pervasiveness. Existing in a ubiquitous and persistent way in space or time. Present and noticeable throughout. The state or quality of being present in all parts of a particular thing or place. Urban Dictionary

A conversation between perverts who discuss perverted ideas. Urban Dictionary

Some one with a mental disability. an idiot. Urban Dictionary

The MPAA's way of saying lots of profanity. Urban Dictionary

The process of permeating or infusing something with a substance Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Pervasive

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The word "pervasive" in example sentences

The child abuse investigators say they found enough evidence of multiple child abuse situations, of what they called a pervasive pattern of child sexual abuse on that ranch, that they needed to get all of the children off, and that's what they've done -- Don. ❋ Unknown (2008)

So how can the government, without what they call the pervasive and brooding commitment to secularism, which they think would be wrong, become necessarily involved because of our traditions, but not go too far? ❋ Ann Althouse (2005)

He blamed a culture of political correctness, which he described as pervasive even through the military. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Secretary General of Ijaw Youth Council, Engr. Udengs Eradiri, who spoke to Vanguard yesterday in Yenagoa, lamented what he described as the pervasive poverty in the predominantly riverine state due to the alleged manipulation of some few in the state treasury department. ❋ Unknown (2009)

John Payton, president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc., which filed a brief supporting the city, said the case, Ricci v. DeStefano, No. 07-1428, must be understood against the backdrop of what he described as pervasive racial discrimination in firefighting and the pitfalls of thinking that a test can capture the qualities needed for leadership in life-or-death situations. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Though it didn't quantify the effect of what it called pervasive misapplication of accounting rules on the company's books, the report by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight cited one instance in 1998 where the company inappropriately deferred $200 million of estimated expenses, which enabled management to receive full annual bonuses. ❋ Directorblue (2008)

Reply to this tom smith how pervasive is sexual harassment of women in Egypt? is it something that happens in public and regularly? ❋ Unknown (2009)

So pervasive is the leftist atmosphere that ambitious people in other industries and in many urban settings have learned that to even express curiosity about conservatism instead of accepting the crudest of caricatures of the political opposition might stigmatize them as unpardonably stupid and unfit for their high status jobs. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Please note how pervasive is the virus of pacifism. ❋ Unknown (2009)

President Clinton made a dent in pervasive inequality by raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans and investing in education, healthcare, jobs and tax breaks for working families. ❋ Danny Bakewell (2010)

You know, this Deutsch thing and the Jeffery Gannon incident really make one wonder how extensive and pervasive is the administration's 5th Columm of disinformation. ❋ Nick Anthis (2006)

Fund-raising, promotional, and organizational skills have enabled these Corpora-Fascist Capitalists masquerading as practitioners of the Christian faith to gain pervasive influence over the Republican Party. ❋ Unknown (2005)

So pervasive is the threat that Iraqis still working with the occupation do not dare speak English on the phone, even at home in front of only their children, lest word leak out. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The kind of time-frame I've talked about for Internet being pervasive is five to 10 years. ❋ Unknown (1996)

Majority Of 2,500 City Cases Involve Minors, Prosecutor Says More than half a dozen teenagers were recently caught at or near school with marijuana, illustrating just a fraction of the trend that some call a pervasive problem. ❋ Unknown (2010)

[RODGER] YOUR SO [PERVASIVE], KEEP YOUR NOSE OUTTA MY SHIT, AND [MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS]! ❋ XDs9mm (2017)

The [airborne] [disease] [spread] pervasively across town. ❋ D-Monkey (2018)

The [ubiquity], [pervasivity] and value of Einstein's work throughout [modern physics] cannot be underestimated. ❋ Wesley Cannon (2008)

1. Ali and [Oshi] have pervasations about [rim jobs]. 2. Jazzy:"Boo, you suck" Keith: "but [you swallow]" Jazzy: "At least I don't snowball" ❋ Ali_baba (2006)

[Ramon] is [pervase]. ❋ Purplemonkeydishwasher89 (2011)

I heard the new [romantic comedy] anime [film] was [rated R] for pervasive language. ❋ The Real Driller (2022)

pervasion "[spring] pervaded [the air]" ❋ Celinejsv (2018)

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