persevere, persist, hang in, hang on, hold on
(verb) be persistent, refuse to stop; “he persisted to call me every night”; “The child persisted and kept asking questions”
prevail, persist, die hard, run, endure
(verb) continue to exist; “These stories die hard”; “The legend of Elvis endures”
persist, remain, stay
(verb) stay behind; “The smell stayed in the room”; “The hostility remained long after they made up”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
persist (third-person singular simple present persists, present participle persisting, simple past and past participle persisted)
(intransitive) To go on stubbornly or resolutely.
(intransitive) To repeat an utterance.
(intransitive) To continue to exist.
(computing, transitive) To cause to persist; make permanent.
• (go on stubbornly or resolutely): persevere; See also persevere
• (continue to exist): last, remain; See also persist
• Prestis, Sprites, priests, respits, sitreps, spriest, sprites, stirpes, stripes
Source: Wiktionary
Per*sist", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Persisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Persisting.] Etym: [L. persistere; per + sistere to stand or be fixed, fr. stare to stand: cf. F. persister. See Per-, and Stand.]
Definition: To stand firm; to be fixed and unmoved; to stay; to continue steadfastly; especially, to continue fixed in a course of conduct against opposing motives; to persevere; -- sometimes conveying an unfavorable notion, as of doggedness or obstinacy. If they persist in pointing their batteries against particular persons, no laws of war forbid the making reprisals. Addison. Some positive, persisting fops we know, Who, if once wrong, will needs be always so. Pope. That face persists. It floats up; it turns over in my mind. Mrs. Browning.
Syn.
– See Persevere, and Insist.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 November 2024
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
