interminable

interminable
adj.
1 endless, interminable.
2 unending, endless, everlasting, infinite.
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interminable
► adjetivo
1 endless, interminable
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adj.
endless
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ADJ endless, interminable
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adjetivo <serie/discusión/espera> interminable, never-ending; <cola/fila> endless, never-ending
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= endless, long-winded, long drawn out, interminable, never-finishing, unending, never-ending.
Ex. The list of changed headings is almost literally endless if you have the patience to dig them all up.
Ex. Instructors may sharpen a difference of opinion between two students and also may tactfully cut short long-winded contributions in a debate.
Ex. The long drawn out dispute over the India Office Library in London is probably the most well-known instance of what is a quite common phenomenon.
Ex. He perceived that his life threatened to be an interminable succession of these mortifying interviews unless he could discover a way or ways to deal with her surly and terrorizing ferocity.
Ex. And becoming aware (a never-finishing process of intelligent life) is in itself action.
Ex. In the mean time, the piles outside the library are multiplying and shapeshifting and, for every 100 books the library SWAT team rescues, 100 are added by the unending delivery trucks.
Ex. His, he concludes, is the never-ending search for what is new in the world out yonder.
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* carta interminable = epistle.
* ser interminable = there + be + no end to.
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adjetivo <serie/discusión/espera> interminable, never-ending; <cola/fila> endless, never-ending
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= endless, long-winded, long drawn out, interminable, never-finishing, unending, never-ending.

Ex: The list of changed headings is almost literally endless if you have the patience to dig them all up.

Ex: Instructors may sharpen a difference of opinion between two students and also may tactfully cut short long-winded contributions in a debate.
Ex: The long drawn out dispute over the India Office Library in London is probably the most well-known instance of what is a quite common phenomenon.
Ex: He perceived that his life threatened to be an interminable succession of these mortifying interviews unless he could discover a way or ways to deal with her surly and terrorizing ferocity.
Ex: And becoming aware (a never-finishing process of intelligent life) is in itself action.
Ex: In the mean time, the piles outside the library are multiplying and shapeshifting and, for every 100 books the library SWAT team rescues, 100 are added by the unending delivery trucks.
Ex: His, he concludes, is the never-ending search for what is new in the world out yonder.
* carta interminable = epistle.
* ser interminable = there + be + no end to.

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interminable
adjective
‹serie/discusión› interminable, never-ending, endless; ‹discurso/espera› interminable, never-ending; ‹cola/fila› endless, never-ending
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interminable adjetivo ‹serie/discusión/espera› interminable, never-ending;
‹cola/fila› endless, never-ending
interminable adjetivo endless
'interminable' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
inacabable
- llantina
- lloriqueo
- hacer
English:
drag on
- endless
- interminable
- lengthy
- never-ending
- never
- unending
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interminable adj
endless, interminable;
este viaje se me está haciendo interminable it feels like this journey's never going to end
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interminable
adj interminable, endless
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interminable adj
: interminable, endless
♦ interminablemente adv
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interminable adj endless

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  • interminable — [ ɛ̃tɛrminabl ] adj. • 1361; bas lat. interminabilis ♦ Qui n a pas ou ne semble pas avoir de terme, de limite (dans l espace ou dans le temps). ⇒ infini, long. Cortège, file interminable. « des mains pâles, aux doigts interminables » (Maupassant) …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Interminable — In*ter mi*na*ble, a. [L. interminabilis: cf. F. interminable. See {Terminate}.] Without termination; admitting no limit; boundless; endless; wearisomely protracted; as, interminable space or duration; interminable sufferings; an interminable… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • interminable — adjetivo 1. (antepuesto / pospuesto) Que dura demasiado, o que no se acaba nunca: Parece que este trabajo no tuviera fin, se me está haciendo interminable. Nos ha soltado un interminable discurso. Sinónimo: inacabable …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • interminable — I adjective boundless, ceaseless, constant, continual, continuous, drawn out, durable, endless, eternal, everlasting, extended, extensive, illimitable, immeasurable, incessant, indeterminate, inexhaustible, infinite, innumerable, limitless, long… …   Law dictionary

  • interminable — (adj.) late 14c., from L.L. interminabilis, from in not (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + terminabilis, from terminalis (see TERMINAL (Cf. terminal)). Related: Interminably …   Etymology dictionary

  • interminable — unceasing, *everlasting, endless Analogous words: perpetual, iasting, perdurable, permanent: incessant, *continual, continuous, constant: eternal, infinite Contrasted words: intermittent, periodic: stopped, discontinued (see STOP): ended,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • interminable — [adj] infinite boring, boundless, ceaseless, constant, continuous, day and night*, dragged out*, dull, endless, eternal, everlasting, immeasurable, incessant, interminate, limitless, long, long drawn out*, long winded, looped, never ending, no… …   New thesaurus

  • interminable — (Del lat. interminabĭlis). adj. Que no tiene término o fin …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • interminable — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ endless. DERIVATIVES interminably adverb. ORIGIN Latin interminabilis, from in not + terminare to end …   English terms dictionary

  • interminable — [in tʉr′mi nə bəl] adj. [OFr < LL interminabilis: see IN 2 & TERMINABLE] without, or apparently without, end; lasting, or seeming to last, forever; endless interminably adv …   English World dictionary

  • interminable — adj m y f Que no termina, que no tiene fin, que se alarga con el tiempo y en el espacio, que dura mucho tiempo: La caravana parecía interminable , la interminable historia de silencios rencorosos, un cortejo fúnebre interminable, una secuela… …   Español en México

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