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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
part of speech: |
adjective |
definition 1: |
continuing, lasting, or holding on, despite opposition or difficulties.
a persistent salesman- synonyms:
- persevering, stubborn, tenacious
- similar words:
- assiduous, diligent, dogged, enduring, everlasting, firm, indefatigable, lasting, obdurate, patient, pertinacious, relentless, sedulous, steadfast, unshakable
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definition 2: |
happening continuously or repetitively.
persistent interruptions- synonyms:
- continual, continuous, perpetual, recurrent, repeated
- antonyms:
- intermittent, occasional
- similar words:
- chronic, constant, dogmatic, endless, frequent, incessant, unceasing
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definition 3: |
enduring or long-lasting.
a persistent cough- synonyms:
- enduring, lasting
- similar words:
- abiding, chronic, constant, continuous, incessant, obstinate, relentless, stubborn, tenacious, unremitting
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related words: |
ceaseless, dull, eternal, habitual, indomitable, longstanding, permanent, perpetual, stable, steady, tireless, unbroken |
adverb + (adj.)persistent
most
(adj.)persistent
+ noun
ache,
anxiety,
assumption,
asthma,
attempt,
behavior,
bias,
chemical,
claim,
cold,
complaint,
complication,
compound,
concentration,
concern,
confusion,
contaminant,
cough,
critic,
criticism,
curiosity,
current,
decline,
deficit,
denial,
depression,
diarrhea,
difficulty,
discharge,
discomfort,
discrimination,
disease,
disorder,
dispute,
drizzle,
drought,
ear,
effort,
effusion,
experimentation,
failure,
fatigue,
fear,
fever,
gap,
glow,
headache,
hunger,
hypertension,
imbalance,
inequality,
infection,
inflammation,
inflation,
lack,
legacy,
myth,
nausea,
odor,
offender,
otitis,
pain,
pattern,
perforation,
pollutant,
pollution,
poverty,
problem,
pursuit,
questioning,
racism,
rain,
rash,
recession,
refusal,
rumor,
shortage,
sinus,
sodium,
strain,
struggle,
substance,
surplus,
symptom,
tendency,
tension,
theme,
throat,
train,
trauma,
unemployment,
violation,
weakness,
wind,
worry
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derivation: |
persistently (adv.) |
The word persistent
contains the following part:
per-
Latin
prefix
that means through, throughout; very
  Example words:
impermeable, impermissible, imperturbable, impervious, parvenu, perambulate, perceive, perception, percolate, perennial, perfect, perfidy, perfoliate, perforate, perform, perfunctory, perjury, permanent, permeate, permissible, permission, permit, permute, pernicious, perorate, perpetual, perplex, persecute, persevere, persist, persistent, perspective, perspicacious, perspicuous, perspire, persuade, persuasion, persuasive, pertinacious, perturb, peruse, pervade, perverse, pervert, pervious, semipermeable
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