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# perpetuate

verb (perpetuate, perpetuates, perpetuated, perpetuating)

«perpetuate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To make something continue for a long time, often something bad like a myth, an unfair idea or a problem. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perpetuate/#m1)
2. To keep a memory or name alive: "The statue perpetuates his memory." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perpetuate/#m2)

### In the lessons

In school discussions, "perpetuate a stereotype" means keep an unfair idea going by repeating it; "perpetuate a myth" means keep spreading a false story. In history, monuments perpetuate the memory of people and events. Formal word.

### Examples

- Jokes like that perpetuate unkind stereotypes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perpetuate/#x1)
- The film perpetuates the myth that bats are blind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perpetuate/#x2)
- Sharing fake news perpetuates lies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perpetuate/#x3)
- The scholarship perpetuates the memory of a kind teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perpetuate/#x4)
- Poverty can perpetuate itself from parents to children. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perpetuate/#x5)
- We must not perpetuate unfair rules. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perpetuate/#x6)
- Or perhaps she had really desired the son instead of the father, and her thwarted desire had perpetuated itself as hate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perpetuate/#x7)

### Note

Formal regular verb. Trap: "perpetuate" (keep going) vs "perpetrate" (commit a crime). Related: perpetual (lasting for ever). Myth check: bats are not blind.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «perpetuate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perpetuate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«perpetuate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/perpetuate.html) on Mova free.