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1. (adj.) persistent
persisting stubbornly; insistent.
2. persistent
lasting or enduring tenaciously.
3. persistent
constantly repeated.
4. persistent
Biol.
5. persistent
continuing or permanent.
6. persistent
having continuity of phylogenetic traits.
7. persistent
Bot. remaining attached beyond the usual time, as flowers or leaves.
Etymology: (1820–30; < LL persistent- (s. of persistēns), prp. of persistere to persist)
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1. (adj) persistent, relentless, unrelenting
never-ceasing
"the relentless beat of the drums"
2. (adj) haunting, persistent
continually recurring to the mind
"haunting memories"; "the cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty"- Claudia Cassidy
3. (adj) persistent, lasting
retained; not shed
"persistent leaves remain attached past maturity"; "the persistent gills of fishes"
4. (adj) dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding
stubbornly unyielding
"dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion"
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1. (adjective) persistent
done or happening repeatedly, often with negative effects
his persistent attempts to persuade her
2. persistent
continuing for a long time
a persistent cough
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) persistent
inclined to persist; having staying qualities; tenacious of position or purpose
2. (adj) persistent
remaining beyond the period when parts of the same kind sometimes fall off or are absorbed; permanent; as, persistent teeth or gills; a persistent calyx; -- opposed to deciduous, and caducous
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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.
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 Afrikaans: aanhoudend |
 Arabic: مُثابِر، مُواظِب على، مُص |
 Bulgarian: упорит |
 Brazilian: persistente |
 Czech: vytrvalý |
 German: beharrlich |
 Danish: uophørlig; konstant |
 Greek: επίμονος |
 Spanish: persistente, insistente |
 Estonian: visa |
 Farsi: مصر؛ سرسخت |
 Finnish: itsepintainen |
 French: persistant |
 Hebrew: עַקשָׁנִי |
 Hindi: दृढ़, िजद्दी |
 Croatian: ustrajan, nepopustljiv |
 Hungarian: állhatatos |
 Indonesian: gigih |
 Icelandic: þrautseigur; þrjóskur |
 Italian: persistente |
 Japanese: しつこい |
 Korean: 끈기 있는, 불굴의 |
 Lithuanian: atkaklus, primygtinis, nu |
 Latvian: neatlaidīgs; nepiekāpīgs |
 Malay: terus mendesak |
 Dutch: volhardend, aanhoudend |
 Norwegian: iherdig, seig, sta |
 Polish: wytrwały |
 Persian: مصر؛ سرسخت |
 Pashto: ټينګار، اصرار |
 Portuguese: insistente |
 Romanian: insistent |
 Russian: упорный, настойчивый |
 Slovak: vytrvalý; úporný |
 Slovenian: vztrajen |
 Serbian: uporan |
 Swedish: ihärdig, ståndaktig, envi |
 Thai: ที่คงอยู่นาน |
 Turkish: ısrarlı, inatçı |
 Taiwanese: 堅持的，持續的 |
 Ukrainian: упертий, наполегливий |
 Urdu: ثابت قدم |
 Vietnamese: bền bỉ/ dai dẳng |
 Chinese: 坚持的 |
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