Adjective

(-)

Lasting forever, or for an indefinitely long time

Set up to be in effect or have tenure for an unlimited duration

Continuing uninterrupted

Flowering throughout the growing season

* By means of artificial hybridization, practised for a series of years, he has succeeded in producing a race of carnations which are perpetual bloomers.

* The hybrid perpetual roses as a rule require to be pruned to within 4 to 6 inches of the ground.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature.

The consistent use of Chinglish in China can be very annoying, apart from some initial amusement.

He is very consistent in his political choices: economy good or bad, he always votes Labour!

Compatible, accordant.

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, author=Steven Sloman , title=The Battle Between Intuition and Deliberation , volume=100, issue=1, page=74 , magazine= citation , passage=Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that “nudges” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control.}}

(logic) Of a set of statements, such that no contradiction logically follows from them.