Meaning

7 senses
  1. Obstinately refusing to give up or let go.

    She has had a persistent cough for weeks.

    ausdauernd, hartnäckig, beharrlich

    насто́йчивыйnastójčivyj, упо́рныйupórnyj, неотсту́пныйneotstúpnyj

    настійнийnastijnyj, насті́йливийnastíjlyvyj

  2. Insistently repetitive.

    There was a persistent knocking on the door.

    beharrlich, unaufhörlich

    насто́йчивыйnastójčivyj, постоя́нныйpostojánnyj

  3. Indefinitely continuous.

    There have been persistent rumours for years.

    ständig, anhaltend, andauernd

    постоя́нныйpostojánnyj, усто́йчивыйustójčivyj

  4. Lasting past maturity without falling off.

    Pine cones have persistent scales.

    persistierend, dauerhaft, beständig

    сто́йкийstójkij

  5. Of data or a data structure: not transient or temporary, but remaining in existence after the termination of the program that creates it.

    Once written to a disk file, the data becomes persistent: it will still be there tomorrow when we run the next program.

    dauerhaft

    постоя́нныйpostojánnyj

  6. Describing a fractal process that has a positive Brown function

  7. Non-transient.

More definitions
  • never-ceasing
  • retained; not shed
  • continually recurring to the mind
  • stubbornly unyielding

Examples

90 sentences
  1. I have a persistent pain here.

    У мене тут постійний біль. — uaspeaker

    ruУ меня здесь постоянная боль. — Gruzilkin

  2. Tom is very persistent, isn't he?

    Том дуже наполегливий, правда ж? — deniko

    ruТом очень настойчивый, не правда ли? — Selena777

    deTom ist äußerst hartnäckig, nicht wahr? — wolfgangth

  3. Tom wasn't very persistent.

    Том був не дуже наполегливий. — deniko

  4. Tom is persistent, isn't he?

    Том наполегливий, так? — deniko

    ruТом настойчивый, правда? — Wezel

    deTom ist hartnäckig, nicht wahr? — wolfgangth

  5. You're very persistent, aren't you?

    Ти дуже наполегливий, так? — deniko

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
refusing to give up:
Русский
By meaning 4
refusing to give up:
insistently repetitive:
indefinitely continuous:
botany: lasting past maturity without falling off:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
refusing to give up:
insistently repetitive:
indefinitely continuous:
botany: lasting past maturity without falling off:

Origin

From Latin persistentem, present participle of persistō (“continue steadfastly”). By surfa

From Latin persistentem, present participle of persistō (“continue steadfastly”). By surface analysis, persist + -ent.

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Forms

more persistent, most persistent
Comparativemore persistent Lesson
Superlativemost persistent Lesson

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

14 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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