pervasive adj

1 spread throughout; "a pervasive anxiety overshadows the triumphs of individuals" [syn: pervading]

2 spreading throughout; "armed with permeative irony...he punctures affectations"; "the pervasive odor of garlic"; "an error is pervasive if it is material to more than one conclusion" [syn: permeant, permeating, permeative]

English

Etymology

From pervasus from pervado from per + vado.

Pronunciation

• a RP /pəˈveɪ.sɪv/, /p@"veI.sIv/
• a US /pɚˈveɪ.sɪv/

Adjective

1. Manifested throughout; pervading, permeating, penetrating or affecting everything.

   The medication had a pervasive effect on the patient's health.

Synonyms

• sense manifested throughout penetrating, permeating, pervading

Related terms

• pervade

Translations

• French: pénétrant, envahissant
• Finnish: kokonaisvaltainen
• Norwegian: gjennomtrengende
• Polish: wszechobecny , wszechogarniający
• Swedish: genomträngande

Pervasive is something penetrating or affecting everything. It may refer to:

• Pervasive Computing - a human computer interaction paradigm
• Pervasive Software - a software company in USA

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