existing in all parts of a place or thing; spreading gradually to affect all parts of a place or thing a pervasive smell of damp Her influence is all-pervasive (= it affects everyone and everything). A sense of social change is pervasive in her novels.
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noun [uncountable]See pervasive in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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