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 Definitions of persevere  [ˌpɜr səˈvɪər]  

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Definition of 'persevere' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.i.) persevere
to persist in pursuing something in spite of obstacles or opposition.

Etymology:  (1325–75; ME < MF perseverer < L persevērāre to persist, der. of persevērus very strict. See per -, severe)

Definition of 'persevere' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) persevere, persist, hang in, hang on, hold on
be persistent, refuse to stop
"he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions"
Definition of 'persevere' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) persevere
≠ give up
Walking after the accident was hard but he persevered.
Definition of 'persevere' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) persevere
to persist in any business or enterprise undertaken; to pursue steadily any project or course begun; to maintain a purpose in spite of counter influences, opposition, or discouragement; not to give or abandon what is undertaken
Translation of 'persevere' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to continue to (try to) do something in spite of difficulties
He persevered in his task.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: uithou, aanhou Arabic flag Arabic: يُواظِب، يُثابِر على Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: постоянствам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: perseverar Czech flag Czech: vytrvat German flag German: beharren
Danish flag Danish: blive ved; være udholdend Greek flag Greek: εμμένω Spanish flag Spanish: perseverar, insistir
Estonian flag Estonian: jonnakalt jätkama Farsi flag Farsi: استقامت کردن Finnish flag Finnish: pysyä lujana
French flag French: persévérer Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהַתמִיד Hindi flag Hindi: निरन्तर प्रयत्न करना
Croatian flag Croatian: ustrajati, biti uporan Hungarian flag Hungarian: kitart Indonesian flag Indonesian: menekuni
Icelandic flag Icelandic: þrauka Italian flag Italian: perseverare Japanese flag Japanese: やり通す
Korean flag Korean: 버티어내다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: atkakliai (ko) siekti, (k Latvian flag Latvian: būt neatlaidīgam; neatkāp
Malay flag Malay: tabah Dutch flag Dutch: volharden Norwegian flag Norwegian: holde ut, være standhafti
Polish flag Polish: wytrwać Persian flag Persian: استقامت کردن Pashto flag Pashto: ټينګار كول (دمشكلاتو په م
Portuguese flag Portuguese: insistir Romanian flag Romanian: a persevera; a stărui Russian flag Russian: упорно, настойчиво добива
Slovak flag Slovak: vytrvať Slovenian flag Slovenian: vztrajati Serbian flag Serbian: istrajati
Swedish flag Swedish: framhärda, hålla ut Thai flag Thai: บากบั่น Turkish flag Turkish: sebat etmek, azmetmek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 不屈不撓 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: наполегливо домагатися Urdu flag Urdu: ثابت قدم رہنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: kiên trì Chinese flag Chinese: 不屈不挠

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