"set in stone" meaning in English

See set in stone in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: En-au-set in stone.ogg
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  1. (idiomatic) Permanent; certain; firm. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: carved in stone, written in stone Translations (permanent): dat i beneït (Catalan), 一成不變 /一成不变 (yīchéngbùbiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), in steen gebeiteld (Dutch), kivisse raiutud (Estonian), kiveen kirjoitettu (Finnish), gravé dans le marbre (French), in Stein gemeißelt (German), kőbe vésve (Hungarian), bătut în cuie (Romanian), skrivet i stenet (Swedish), پتھر میں لکیر ... (patthar mē̃ lakīr ...) (Urdu)
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Verb

Audio: En-au-set in stone.ogg Forms: sets in stone [present, singular, third-person], setting in stone [participle, present], set in stone [participle, past], set in stone [past]
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  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To render something permanent, certain, or firm. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Translations (to make permanent): 一成不变 (yīchéngbùbiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), in steen beitelen (Dutch), graver dans le marbre (French), kőbe vés (Hungarian), 固定する (alt: こていする) (Japanese), 石に置く (alt: いしにおく) (Japanese), 石に設定する (alt: いしにせってする) (Japanese), bate în cuie (Romanian), увековечить в камне (uvekovečitʹ v kamne) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-set_in_stone-en-verb-twaPADi3

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      "sense": "to make permanent",
      "word": "bate în cuie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "uvekovečitʹ v kamne",
      "sense": "to make permanent",
      "word": "увековечить в камне"
    }
  ],
  "word": "set in stone"
}

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