pervasive
pronunciation
How to pronounce pervasive in British English:
UK [pəˈveɪsɪv]
How to pronounce pervasive in American English:
US [pərˈveɪsɪv]
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- Adjective:
- spread throughout
- spreading throughout
Word Origin
- pervasive (adj.)
- 1750, from Latin pervas-, past participle stem of pervadere (see pervade) + -ive.
Example
- 1. There is pervasive surveillance of movement and electronic communication .
- 2. And pervasive petty bribery erodes the state 's authority over taxpayers .
- 3. But now that information is infinitely replicable and pervasive , original reporting will never again receive its due .
- 4. Here , the priority is to move computing resources out of data centers and into the field to enable applications such as itinerant worker inspections , mobile mapping , and embedded or pervasive computing .
- 5. The prejudice against too-good employees is pervasive .