What is the meaning of lasting?

verb

• Persist for a specified period of time.
  • usage: "The bad weather lasted for three days"
  • synonyms: last, endure
• Continue to live through hardship or adversity.
  • usage: "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water"
  • synonyms: survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out

adjective

• Continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place.
  • usage: "permanent secretary to the president"; "permanent address"; "literature of permanent value"
  • synonyms: permanent
• Existing for a long time.
  • usage: "hopes for a durable peace"; "a long-lasting friendship"
  • synonyms: durable, long-lasting, long-lived
• Retained; not shed.
  • usage: "persistent leaves remain attached past maturity"; "the persistent gills of fishes"
  • synonyms: persistent
• Lasting a long time without change.
  • usage: "a lasting relationship"