Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PERVASIVE
PERVASIVE Per *va "sive, a.
Defn: Tending to pervade, or having power to spread throughout; of a pervading quality. "Civilization pervasive and general. " M. Arnold.
New American Oxford Dictionary
pervasive
per va sive |pərˈvāsiv pərˈveɪsɪv | ▶adjective (esp. of an unwelcome influence or physical effect ) spreading widely throughout an area or a group of people: ageism is pervasive and entrenched in our society. DERIVATIVES per va sive ly adverb, per va sive ness noun ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from Latin pervas- ‘passed through ’ (from the verb pervadere ) + -ive .
Oxford Dictionary
pervasive
per |va ¦sive |pəˈveɪsɪv | ▶adjective (especially of an unwelcome influence or physical effect ) spreading widely throughout an area or a group of people: ageism is pervasive and entrenched in our society. DERIVATIVES pervasively adverb, pervasiveness noun ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from Latin pervas- ‘passed through ’ (from the verb pervadere ) + -ive .
American Oxford Thesaurus
pervasive
pervasive adjective the low-carb craze is pervasive: prevalent, pervading, permeating, extensive, ubiquitous, omnipresent, universal, rife, widespread, general.
Oxford Thesaurus
pervasive
pervasive adjective a pervasive smell of staleness | ageism is pervasive in our society: prevalent, penetrating, pervading, permeating, extensive, ubiquitous, omnipresent, present everywhere, rife, widespread, general, common, universal, pandemic, epidemic, endemic, inescapable, insidious; immanent; rare permeative, suffusive, permeant.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
pervasive
per va sive /pə r véɪsɪv /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠広がる, 行き渡る, 普及性の ; 浸透性の .～ly 副詞 あまねく .～ness 名詞
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