"persist" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /pɚˈsɪst/ [General-American], /pəˈsɪst/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-persist.ogg [US] Forms: persists [present, singular, third-person], persisting [participle, present], persisted [participle, past], persisted [past]
Rhymes: -ɪst Etymology: From Middle French persister (Modern French persister), from Latin persistere, from per- + sistere (“to stand”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|persister}} Middle French persister, {{m|fr|persister}} persister, {{der|en|la|persistō|persistere}} Latin persistere, {{m|la|per-}} per-, {{m|la|sistō|sistere|to stand}} sistere (“to stand”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} persist (third-person singular simple present persists, present participle persisting, simple past and past participle persisted)
  1. (intransitive) To go on stubbornly or resolutely. Tags: intransitive Synonyms (go on stubbornly or resolutely): persevere Translations (go on stubbornly or resolutely): настоявам (nastojavam) (Bulgarian), упорствам (uporstvam) (Bulgarian), fortsætte (Danish), vedblive (Danish), persisto (Esperanto), 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (þairhwisan) (Gothic), kitart (Hungarian), ragaszkodik (Hungarian), rendületlenül [adverb] (Hungarian), kitartóan (Hungarian), persistō (Latin), persevērō (Latin), whakakeke (Maori), hohota (Maori), oke (Maori), упо́рствовать (upórstvovatʹ) (Russian), lean air (Scottish Gaelic), ยืนหยัด (yʉʉn-yàt) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-persist-en-verb-k-AnXe1U Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 6 30 4 33 Disambiguation of 'go on stubbornly or resolutely': 85 0 7 6 2 Disambiguation of 'go on stubbornly or resolutely': 85 0 7 6 2
  2. (intransitive) To repeat an utterance. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-persist-en-verb-egM~PbWO
  3. (intransitive) To continue to exist. Tags: intransitive Synonyms (continue to exist): last Translations (continue to exist): ثَابَرَ (ṯābara) (Arabic), устоявам (ustojavam) (Bulgarian), persistir (Catalan), 堅持 (Chinese Mandarin), 坚持 (jiānchí) (Chinese Mandarin), fortsætte (Danish), vedblive (Danish), volharden (Dutch), itsepintaisesti pitää kiinni (Finnish), pysyä järkähtämättömänä (Finnish), olla edelleen olemassa (Finnish), persister (French), persistir (Galician), beharren (German), fennáll (Hungarian), fennmarad (Hungarian), tovább él (Hungarian), folytatódik (Hungarian), persistere (Italian), 固執する (koshitsu-suru) (english: to refuse giving up) (alt: こしつする) (Japanese), 言い張る (iiharu) (Japanese), 貫く (tsuranuku) (Japanese), 持続する (tsuranuku) (english: to last or remain) (Japanese), 残存する (tsuranuku) (Japanese), 尾を引く (tsuranuku) (Japanese), 고집하다 (gojiphada) (Korean), whakakeke (Maori), persistir (Portuguese), выживать (vyživatʹ) (Russian), lean (Scottish Gaelic), persistir (Spanish), framhärda (Swedish), ısrar etmek (Turkish), kiên trì (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-persist-en-verb-dHO4AZ59 Categories (other): American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts: 25 6 48 2 19 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 6 30 4 33 Disambiguation of 'continue to exist': 15 0 66 16 3 Disambiguation of 'continue to exist': 13 0 67 16 3
  4. (intransitive, copulative, obsolete) To continue to be; to remain. Tags: copulative, intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-persist-en-verb-DqC-IBpA
  5. (computing, transitive) To cause to persist; make permanent. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-persist-en-verb-O9z71IUT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 6 30 4 33 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 24 6 21 3 45 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: survive, wear on Derived forms: persist down, persist it down

Inflected forms

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          "word": "oke"
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          "code": "ar",
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          "sense": "continue to exist",
          "word": "堅持"
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          "sense": "continue to exist",
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "continue to exist",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "continue to exist",
          "word": "itsepintaisesti pitää kiinni"
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        {
          "_dis1": "13 0 67 16 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "continue to exist",
          "word": "pysyä järkähtämättömänä"
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        {
          "_dis1": "13 0 67 16 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "continue to exist",
          "word": "olla edelleen olemassa"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "continue to exist",
          "word": "persister"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "continue to exist",
          "word": "persistir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 0 67 16 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "continue to exist",
          "word": "beharren"
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        {
          "_dis1": "13 0 67 16 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "continue to exist",
          "word": "fennáll"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "continue to exist",
          "word": "fennmarad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 0 67 16 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "continue to exist",
          "word": "tovább él"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 0 67 16 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "continue to exist",
          "word": "folytatódik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 0 67 16 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "continue to exist",
          "word": "persistere"
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        {
          "_dis1": "13 0 67 16 3",
          "alt": "こしつする",
          "code": "ja",
          "english": "to refuse giving up",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "koshitsu-suru",
          "sense": "continue to exist",
          "word": "固執する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 0 67 16 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "iiharu",
          "sense": "continue to exist",
          "word": "言い張る"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tsuranuku",
          "sense": "continue to exist",
          "word": "貫く"
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          "code": "ja",
          "english": "to last or remain",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tsuranuku",
          "sense": "continue to exist",
          "word": "持続する"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tsuranuku",
          "sense": "continue to exist",
          "word": "残存する"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tsuranuku",
          "sense": "continue to exist",
          "word": "尾を引く"
        },
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          "_dis1": "13 0 67 16 3",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gojiphada",
          "sense": "continue to exist",
          "word": "고집하다"
        },
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          "_dis1": "13 0 67 16 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "continue to exist",
          "word": "whakakeke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 0 67 16 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "continue to exist",
          "word": "persistir"
        },
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          "_dis1": "13 0 67 16 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vyživatʹ",
          "sense": "continue to exist",
          "word": "выживать"
        },
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "continue to exist",
          "word": "lean"
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          "sense": "continue to exist",
          "word": "persistir"
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          "sense": "continue to exist",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "continue to exist",
          "word": "ısrar etmek"
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          "_dis1": "13 0 67 16 3",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "continue to exist",
          "word": "kiên trì"
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        "To continue to be; to remain."
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        "(intransitive, copulative, obsolete) To continue to be; to remain."
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        {
          "ref": "2006, Marco Bellinaso, ASP.NET 2.0 Website Programming",
          "text": "This would not be saved after his session terminates because we don't have an actual user identity to allow us to persist the settings.",
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        {
          "ref": "2009, Alistair Croll, Sean Power, Complete Web Monitoring",
          "text": "While hashtags aren't formally part of Twitter, some clients, such as Tweetdeck, will persist hashtags across replies to create a sort of message threading.",
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        "To go on stubbornly or resolutely."
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      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "To repeat an utterance."
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        "(intransitive) To repeat an utterance."
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        "To continue to exist."
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        "(intransitive, copulative, obsolete) To continue to be; to remain."
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        "English transitive verbs",
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          "ref": "2006, Marco Bellinaso, ASP.NET 2.0 Website Programming",
          "text": "This would not be saved after his session terminates because we don't have an actual user identity to allow us to persist the settings.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Alistair Croll, Sean Power, Complete Web Monitoring",
          "text": "While hashtags aren't formally part of Twitter, some clients, such as Tweetdeck, will persist hashtags across replies to create a sort of message threading.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause to persist; make permanent."
      ],
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      ],
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        "(computing, transitive) To cause to persist; make permanent."
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        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
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      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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      "sense": "go on stubbornly or resolutely",
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      "sense": "continue to exist",
      "word": "last"
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    {
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      "source": "Thesaurus:persist",
      "word": "endure"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:persist",
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:persist",
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    {
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:persist",
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:persist",
      "word": "stick"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:persist",
      "word": "stick it out"
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    {
      "code": "ase",
      "lang": "American Sign Language",
      "note": "A@NearInsideChesthigh-PalmAcross-A@NearInsideChesthigh-PalmAcross A@InsideChesthigh-PalmDown-A@InsideChesthigh-PalmDown",
      "sense": "go on stubbornly or resolutely"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nastojavam",
      "sense": "go on stubbornly or resolutely",
      "word": "настоявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "uporstvam",
      "sense": "go on stubbornly or resolutely",
      "word": "упорствам"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "go on stubbornly or resolutely",
      "word": "fortsætte"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "go on stubbornly or resolutely",
      "word": "vedblive"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "go on stubbornly or resolutely",
      "word": "persisto"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "þairhwisan",
      "sense": "go on stubbornly or resolutely",
      "word": "𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "go on stubbornly or resolutely",
      "word": "kitart"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "go on stubbornly or resolutely",
      "word": "ragaszkodik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "go on stubbornly or resolutely",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ],
      "word": "rendületlenül"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "go on stubbornly or resolutely",
      "word": "kitartóan"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "go on stubbornly or resolutely",
      "word": "persistō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "go on stubbornly or resolutely",
      "word": "persevērō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "go on stubbornly or resolutely",
      "word": "whakakeke"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "go on stubbornly or resolutely",
      "word": "hohota"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "go on stubbornly or resolutely",
      "word": "oke"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "upórstvovatʹ",
      "sense": "go on stubbornly or resolutely",
      "word": "упо́рствовать"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "go on stubbornly or resolutely",
      "word": "lean air"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "yʉʉn-yàt",
      "sense": "go on stubbornly or resolutely",
      "word": "ยืนหยัด"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṯābara",
      "sense": "continue to exist",
      "word": "ثَابَرَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ustojavam",
      "sense": "continue to exist",
      "word": "устоявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "continue to exist",
      "word": "persistir"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "continue to exist",
      "word": "堅持"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiānchí",
      "sense": "continue to exist",
      "word": "坚持"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "continue to exist",
      "word": "fortsætte"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "continue to exist",
      "word": "vedblive"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "continue to exist",
      "word": "volharden"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "continue to exist",
      "word": "itsepintaisesti pitää kiinni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "continue to exist",
      "word": "pysyä järkähtämättömänä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "continue to exist",
      "word": "olla edelleen olemassa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "continue to exist",
      "word": "persister"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "continue to exist",
      "word": "persistir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "continue to exist",
      "word": "beharren"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "continue to exist",
      "word": "fennáll"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "continue to exist",
      "word": "fennmarad"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "continue to exist",
      "word": "tovább él"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "continue to exist",
      "word": "folytatódik"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "continue to exist",
      "word": "persistere"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こしつする",
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "to refuse giving up",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "koshitsu-suru",
      "sense": "continue to exist",
      "word": "固執する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "iiharu",
      "sense": "continue to exist",
      "word": "言い張る"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tsuranuku",
      "sense": "continue to exist",
      "word": "貫く"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "to last or remain",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tsuranuku",
      "sense": "continue to exist",
      "word": "持続する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tsuranuku",
      "sense": "continue to exist",
      "word": "残存する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tsuranuku",
      "sense": "continue to exist",
      "word": "尾を引く"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gojiphada",
      "sense": "continue to exist",
      "word": "고집하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "continue to exist",
      "word": "whakakeke"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "continue to exist",
      "word": "persistir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vyživatʹ",
      "sense": "continue to exist",
      "word": "выживать"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "continue to exist",
      "word": "lean"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "continue to exist",
      "word": "persistir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "continue to exist",
      "word": "framhärda"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "continue to exist",
      "word": "ısrar etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "continue to exist",
      "word": "kiên trì"
    }
  ],
  "word": "persist"
}
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