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 Definitions of persistence  [ərˈsɪs təns, -ˈzɪs-]  

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

1. (n.) persistence
the act or fact of persisting.

2.  persistence
the quality of being persistent.

Etymology:  (1540–50; < LL

Definition of 'persistence' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) continuity, persistence
the property of a continuous and connected period of time

2. (noun) doggedness, perseverance, persistence, persistency, tenacity, tenaciousness, pertinacity
persistent determination

3. (noun) perseverance, persistence, perseveration
the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior
"his perseveration continued to the point where it was no longer appropriate"


Definition of 'persistence' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) persistence
alt. of Persistency


Translation of 'persistence' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to keep doing, thinking etc in spite of opposition or difficulty; to continue asking, persuading etc
It will not be easy but you will succeed if you persist; He didn't want to tell her, but she persisted (in asking).; She was persistent in her demands/denials; persistent questions.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: aanhoudendheid Arabic flag Arabic: مُثابَرَه، مُواظَبَه، تَص Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: упоритост
Brazilian flag Brazilian: persistência Czech flag Czech: přetrvávání German flag German: das Beharren
Danish flag Danish: vedbliven Greek flag Greek: επιμονή Spanish flag Spanish: persistencia, insistencia
Estonian flag Estonian: püsivus Farsi flag Farsi: ایستادگی؛ سماجت Finnish flag Finnish: itsepintaisuus
French flag French: persistance Hebrew flag Hebrew: הִתעקשוּת Hindi flag Hindi: अभिनिवेश, ज‍िद
Croatian flag Croatian: inzistiranje, tvrdokornos Hungarian flag Hungarian: kitartás, állhatatosság Indonesian flag Indonesian: kegigihan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: þrautseigja; þrjóska Italian flag Italian: persistenza Japanese flag Japanese: しつこさ
Korean flag Korean: 집요, 끈기 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: atkaklumas, nuolatinis bu Latvian flag Latvian: neatlaidība; nepiekāpība
Malay flag Malay: berterusan Dutch flag Dutch: volharding Norwegian flag Norwegian: iherdighet, hardnakkethet
Polish flag Polish: uporczywość Persian flag Persian: ایستادگی؛ سماجت Pashto flag Pashto: مقاومت
Portuguese flag Portuguese: insistência Romanian flag Romanian: insistenţă Russian flag Russian: упорство
Slovak flag Slovak: naliehavosť; pretrvávanie Slovenian flag Slovenian: vztrajanje Serbian flag Serbian: istrajnost
Swedish flag Swedish: framhärdande, ståndaktigh Thai flag Thai: การยืนกราน Turkish flag Turkish: sebat,ısrar
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 持久 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: упертість, наполегливість Urdu flag Urdu: ثابت قدمي، اصرار
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự bền bỉ Chinese flag Chinese: 持久

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