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I want justice to be so pervasive that it will be taken for granted, just as injustice is taken for granted today.
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Meaning of "pervasive" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PERVASIVE

From Latin pervāsus, past participle of pervādere to pervade.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PERVASIVE

pervasive  [pɜːˈveɪsɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERVASIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pervasive is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PERVASIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pervasive

Pervasive may refer to: ▪ Pervasive Computing, human computer interaction paradigm ▪ Pervasive Informatics, study of how information affects human interactions ▪ Pervasive Software, software company in the United States ▪ Pervasive Games, games that blend with the physical world...

Definition of pervasive in the English dictionary

The definition of pervasive in the dictionary is pervading or tending to pervade.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PERVASIVE


abrasive
əˈbreɪsɪv
all-pervasive
ˌɔːlpəˈveɪsɪv
assuasive
əˈsweɪsɪv
corrasive
kəˈreɪsɪv
decisive
dɪˈsaɪsɪv
dismissive
dɪsˈmɪsɪv
dissuasive
dɪˈsweɪsɪv
divisive
dɪˈvaɪsɪv
embracive
ɪmˈbreɪsɪv
emissive
ɪˈmɪsɪv
evasive
ɪˈveɪsɪv
incisive
ɪnˈsaɪsɪv
invasive
ɪnˈveɪsɪv
nonabrasive
ˌnɒnəˈbreɪsɪv
noninvasive
ˌnɒnɪnˈveɪsɪv
permissive
pəˈmɪsɪv
persuasive
pəˈsweɪsɪv
suasive
ˈsweɪsɪv
submissive
səbˈmɪsɪv
unpersuasive
ˌʌnpəˈsweɪsɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PERVASIVE

perv
perv on
pervade
pervader
pervading
pervasion
pervasively
pervasiveness
perverse
perversely
perverseness
perversion
perversities
perversity
perversive
pervert
perverted
pervertedly
pervertedness
perverter

WORDS THAT END LIKE PERVASIVE

abusive
adhesive
aggressive
comprehensive
defensive
excessive
exclusive
expensive
extensive
impressive
inclusive
intensive
massive
minimal invasive
minimally invasive
offensive
on the defensive
passive
progressive
responsive

Synonyms and antonyms of pervasive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PERVASIVE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «pervasive» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of pervasive

Translation of «pervasive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PERVASIVE

Find out the translation of pervasive to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pervasive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pervasive» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

> 无处不在的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

penetrante
570 millions of speakers

English

pervasive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

व्यापक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

انتشارا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

распространенной
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

difundido
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পরিব্যাপক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

insidieux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berleluasa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

durchdringend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

広がる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

널리 미치는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyebar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phổ biến
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பரவலாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

व्यापक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yaygın
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dilagante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wszechobecna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

поширеною
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

omniprezentă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διάχυτη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

deurdringende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

genomträngande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gripende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pervasive

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PERVASIVE»

The term «pervasive» is quite widely used and occupies the 27.365 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PERVASIVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pervasive

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10 QUOTES WITH «PERVASIVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pervasive.
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Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
I want justice to be so pervasive that it will be taken for granted, just as injustice is taken for granted today.
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Kevin Bacon
I think one of the most pervasive evils in this world is greed and acquiring money for money's sake. Once you have six houses and a plane, it's just about a number. It's never been anything I understood.
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Leonard Baskin
I think it has other roots, has to do, in part, with a general anxiety in contemporary life... nuclear bombs, inequality of possibility and chance, inequality of goods allotted to us, a kind of general racist, unjust attitude that is pervasive.
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Tony Bates
There's a shift to mobile apps; I'd like to see a more pervasive communications experience, and I think Skype can contribute to that.
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William S. Burroughs
My relationships with my cats has saved me from a deadly, pervasive ignorance.
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Ralph Adams Cram
True as this is, it is also true that for one who won through there were many who gained nothing, and it was, and is, the sheer weight of numbers of those who failed of this that has made their influence on the modern life as pervasive and controlling as it is.
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Herbert Croly
The more consciously democratic Americans became, however, the less they were satisfied with a conception of the Promised Land, which went no farther than a pervasive economic prosperity guaranteed by free institutions.
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Robert Crumb
When I go back to America, after a few days I am once again filled with this kind of angry alienation and disgust with this thing there that America has got - you have no idea how pervasive it is there. The public relations and propaganda put out by the corporate mono-culture there is so pervasive.
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Lisa Gansky
The mobile Web, location-based services, inexpensive and pervasive mobile apps, and new sorts of opportunities to access cars, bikes, tools, talent, and more from our neighbors and colleagues will propel peer-to-peer access services into market.
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Arthur Goldberg
The concept of neutrality can lead to a brooding and pervasive devotion to the secular and a passive, or even active, hostility to the religious. Such results are not only not compelled by the Constitution, but, it seems to me, are prohibited by it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERVASIVE»

Discover the use of pervasive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pervasive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pervasive Information Architecture: Designing Cross-Channel ...
Pervasive Information Architecture provides examples showing why and how one would: Model and shape information to adapt itself to users’ needs, goals, and seeking strategies Reduce disorientation and increase legibility and way-finding ...
Andrea Resmini, Luca Rosati, 2011
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Pervasive Games: Theory and Design
This book shows how to change the face of play-who plays, when and where they play and what that play means to all involved.
Markus Montola, Jaakko Stenros, Annika Waern, 2009
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Pervasive Computing: The Mobile World
Here is an in-depth look into the world of pervasive computing. It describes the use of intelligent appliances or smart devices that allow users to plus into intelligent networks and gain secure access to relevant information.
Uwe Hansmann, 2003
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Pervasive Healthcare Computing: EMR/EHR, Wireless and Health ...
Pervasive Healthcare Computing includes the treatment of several new wireless technologies and the ways in which they will implement the vision of pervasive healthcare.
Upkar Varshney, 2009
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Pervasive Computing and Networking
This book presents state-of-the-art research on architectures, algorithms, protocols and applications in pervasive computing and networks With the widespread availability of wireless and mobile networking technologies and the expected ...
Mohammad S. Obaidat, Mieso Denko, Isaac Woungang, 2011
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Elusive Pirates, Pervasive Smugglers: Violence and ...
This is the first book to analyze the important role played by piracy and smuggling in shaping modern societies in the whole region from Japan to Southeast Asia.
Robert J. Antony, 2010
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Context-Aware Pervasive Systems: Architectures for a New ...
This carefully paced volume presents a timely and relevant introduction to the emergence of context-aware systems and brings together architectures and principles of context-aware computing in one source.
Seng Loke, 2006
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Handbook of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders, ...
Now expanded to two volumes, this invaluable reference work provides a comprehensive review of all information presently available about these disorders, drawing on findings and clinical experience from a number of related disciplines such ...
Fred R. Volkmar, Rhea Paul, Ami Klin, 2005
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Fundamentals of Mobile and Pervasive Computing (EBOOK)
This book details the engineering principles underlying mobile computing, serving as a basic reference as text for graduate and advanced undergraduates.
Frank Adelstein, Sandeep Gupta, Golden Richard III, 2004
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Pervasive computing handbook
A guide to the world of pervasive computing, this book covers a variety of front-and back-end systems; main areas of computing devices such as mobile phones, PCs and personal digital assistants.
Uwe Hansmann, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERVASIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pervasive is used in the context of the following news items.
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Colin Cowherd's comments show harmful Dominican stereotypes …
Colin Cowherd's comments show harmful Dominican stereotypes still pervasive in sports media. Adrian Burgos Jr.'s headshot. Adrian Burgos ... «SportingNews.com, Jul 15»
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Sexism: pervasive in the academy?
Over the past 20 years, women have become much more visible in the upper echelons of political, professional and business life. But, despite ... «Times Higher Education, Jul 15»
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Can analytics become truly pervasive? Alation's CEO says yes
SUMMARY: Is analytics the province of specialists, or are we in dire need of broader analytics adoption? Alation CEO and co-founder Satyen ... «Diginomica, Jul 15»
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Thanks Armadillos! The Pervasive Animals Are Giving People In …
Florida — the home of beaches, swaying palm trees, weird crimes, and now, leprosy. And residents there have a not-so-cuddly creature to ... «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»
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Global pervasive computing market - a broad analysis of key drivers …
As can be gathered from the word pervasive, it roughly equates with the omnipresence of computers. In reality, pervasive computing refers to ... «WhaTech, Jul 15»
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Digital Lumens President and CEO to Address Omnichannel …
... Tom Pincince, will participate in the 2015 Omnichannel Marketing and Pervasive Commerce Conference, held July 20 and 21 in Cincinnati, ... «Business Wire, Jul 15»
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State Audit Finds “Serious and Pervasive Deficiencies” in SoCal City
An audit (pdf) by the State Controller's office has found “serious and pervasive deficiencies” in how the Southern California city of West Covina ... «AllGov, Jul 15»
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Gold and Hit Again - Pervasive Nonsense
Gold and Hit Again - Pervasive Nonsense. Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015 Jul 16, 2015 - 08:56 PM GMT. By: Jesse · Commodities. Gold and silver we hit ... «The Market Oracle, Jul 15»
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Depravity Is Still Pervasive on Wall Street, Says @GSElevator Author
"I worked with buy-side and sell-side clients, and I did deals with every bank on Wall Street, and what I witnessed was a culture of pervasive ... «TheStreet.com, Jul 15»
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Teradici Extends Pervasive Computing Platform to Microsoft Azure
Featuring Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and a Software Development Kit (SDK), the Teradici Pervasive Computing Platform ... «Virtual-Strategy Magazine, Jul 15»

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