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Meaning of 'persistent' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Persistent [ a.]
- Inclined to persist; having staying qualities; tenacious of position or purpose.
- 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.

Meaning of 'persistent' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . persistent [ a]
Meaning (1):
- retained; not shed
Example in sentence:
  • persistent leaves remain attached past maturity;
  • the persistent gills of fishes
2 . persistent [ s]
Meaning (2):
- stubbornly unyielding
Example in sentence:
  • a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it;
  • dogged persistence;
  • dour determination;
  • men tenacious of opinion;
  • the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics
Meaning (3):
- continually recurring to the mind
Example in sentence:
  • haunting memories;
  • the cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty
Meaning (4):
- never-ceasing
Example in sentence:
  • the relentless beat of the drums

Nearby Words:

per per- peract peracute peradventure peraeopod peragrate peragration perambulate perambulated

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