to persevere
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5.1
- verb
- /ˌpɜr.sɪˈvɪr/
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perseverar en
- Even when times were tough, she continued to persevere in her studies, determined to graduate.
- ability to persevere
- commitment to persevere
- persevere through this difficult
It's being willing to persevere in the face of adversity.
- It's being willing to persevere in the face of adversity.
- I think as long as you always, you know, just keep pushing, keep moving forward, keep persevering that, that, you know, that tenacity.
- Well, The thing is about the love that the two you have for each other is it had to persevere through quite a heck of a journey.
- And they've watched you persevere through so much.
- She says to will is to engage myself, to persevere in my will.
- You, you control whether you persevere in it or whether you don't.
- Candy corn get stuck in my teeth, yet I continue to persevere because it's delicious.
- What is the pitch you'd make to them about why they should persevere and persist?
- On my perseverance mission, I shall persevere in trying to pronounce perseverance.
Examples
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But we're going to persevere and push through.
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Although faced with difficulties, the high-achieving students in this study learned to persevere, become strong, and succeed.
Academic text (2004) -
And I do wonder what happens to those children whose parents cannot persevere in the same way that we have.
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You must persevere, my dear.
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We must persevere as one nation.
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You persevere and you fight for what you love.
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Or whether instead you learn from it and choose to persevere.
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Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
Academic text (2014) -
Still, we must persevere to rebuild our nation and lift our people's spirit.
Academic text (2004) -
In spite of any difficulties you may encounter, keep an open mind and persevere.
Academic text (1997)
Synonyms
851
2.8
To try very hard to do or deal with something difficult
341
3.6
Keep doing or supporting something even when it is difficult
304
3.5
To deal with something difficult for a long time without giving up
173
3.3
To keep trying and not give up when things are hard
167
3.6
To keep trying and not give up when things are hard
156
3.7
To work very hard to reach a goal
87
3.0
Continue doing something well with the same effort
62
3.7
To keep doing something or keep holding a belief despite difficulty
46
3.3
To continue doing something and refuse to give up
39
3.6
To keep going despite problems until you finish
21
3.7
Move forward or keep going despite difficulty
20
4.1
To keep doing something even when it is difficult or people disagree
19
3.1
To keep making progress despite problems
16
4.6
To keep working on a task until it is finished, even when it is hard
8
4.2
Continue and finish a task with strong effort when it is hard or you are tired
3
4.7
Continue doing something even when there are problems
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9.2
To keep going without giving up after facing many hard times
To continue to try hard even when things are difficult
To work hard and continue when things are difficult
Antonyms
How Persistent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Persevere comes from the Latin parts per- 'completely' and severus 'serious', the same root as severe. So, to persevere is to keep going with firm, serious effort even when things are hard.