persist
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persist
- /pɚˈsɪst/ US
- /pəˈsɪst/ UK
Rhymes with -ɪst
Where it comes from
From Middle French persister (Modern French persister), from Latin persistere, from per- + sistere (“to stand”).
verb persists · persisting · persisted
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To go on stubbornly or resolutely.
There is a way in which Britain is certain to have war and its horrors and calamities; it is this--by persisting in her present course of unpreparedness, her apathy, unintelligence, and blindness, and in her disregard of the warnings of the most ordinary political insight, as well as of the example
Similar: persevere
- To repeat an utterance.
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To continue to exist.
Much of this prejudice, indeed, persists; for instance, in the heavy handicappings with which insurance companies saddle their West Indian policies, […]
Similar: last
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To continue to be; to remain.
Similar: hold
- To cause to persist; make permanent. This would not be saved after his session terminates because we don't have an actual user identity to allow us to persist the settings.
Similar: remain, abide, aby, astand, endure, go on, lie, prevail, hold on, live, persist, stick, stick it out, stick out · Opposite: break, fail, yield
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: persevere, endure, hang in, hang on, stay, remain, prevail, die hard, hold on, run, abide, survive, linger, persistence, subsist, keep
Translations
Every language
verb go on stubbornly or resolutely
| Italiano | persistere |
|---|---|
| Русский | упо́рствовать upórstvovatʹ |
| עברית | עמד amád |
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