perseverance
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perseverance
- /ˌpɜːsəˈvɪəɹəns/ UK
- /pəˈsɛvəɹəns/ UK, archaic
- /ˌpɝsəˈvɪɹəns/ US
- /pɚˈsɛvəɹəns/ US, archaic
Rhymes with -ɪəɹəns
Where it comes from
From Middle English perseveraunce, from Old French perseverance, from Latin persevērantia.
noun perseverances · perseveraunce · perseverence · perserverance
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Continuing in a course of action without regard to discouragement, opposition or previous failure.
It had taken nine years from the evening that Truman first showed up with a pie plate at her mother's door, but his dogged perseverance eventually won him the hand of his boyhood Sunday school crush.
Similar: perseverance, persistence, sticktoitiveness, steadfastness · Opposite: nonperseverance, unperseverance
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: perseveration, persistence, persevere, endurance, stamina, persevering, tenacity, insistence, diligence, willpower, firmness, fortitude, persistent, steadfastness, persistently, sustained
Translations
Every language
noun persistent determination to adhere to a course of action; insistence
| Español | perseverancia |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 끈기 kkeun'gi, 인내 innae |
| 日本語 | 忍耐 nintai |
| 中文 | 恆心 /恒心 héngxīn, 毅力 yìlì |
| हिन्दी | दृढ़ता dŕṛhtā |
| Português | perseverança |
| Français | persévérance |
| Deutsch | Beharrlichkeit, Ausdauer, Durchhaltevermögen |
| Italiano | perseveranza |
| Ελληνικά | επιμονή epimoní |
| Română | perseverență, stăruință |
| Русский | упо́рство upórstvo, насто́йчивость nastójčivostʹ, сто́йкость stójkostʹ, уси́дчивость usídčivostʹ |
| العربية | مُثَابَرَة muṯābara |
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title = {perseverance},
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