Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: persist
IPA transcription: [pɚs'ɪst]
Pronunciations of persist
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verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: prevail, persist, die_hard, run, endure
    Meaning: continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"
  • Synonyms: persevere, persist, hang_in, hang_on, hold_on
    Meaning: be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions"
  • Synonyms: persist, remain, stay
    Meaning: stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"
Usage examples
  • "You must not persist, young man," protested the chaperone.
  • So the ex-Sadaijin did not persist in his refusal, but finally accepted the post of Dajiodaijin (the Premier).
  • If they persist, she should tell them in a brief and firm, though polite tone, that she desires to be left to herself.
  • "Then," resumed Javert, "you will excuse me if I persist; it is my duty; you have not seen a certain person--a man--this evening?
  • I struggled--I gasped--I died." "You will hardly persist now," said I smiling, "that the whole of your adventure was not a dream.
  • You have power of mind to do this: the very force with which you persist in persecuting them shows that you have power for better things.
  • They persist in not being frightened by the gold and silver camels, and they are banded together to defy the elaborately chased ice-pails.
  • Persist, my dear daughter, in the same excellent course; and we shall not envy the highest estate, but defy them to produce such a daughter as ours.
  • All the great Teachers of the ages have declared this in varying forms, and to prove and know it a man has but to persist in making himself more and more virtuous by lifting up his thoughts.
  • It is obvious that a very large part of the everyday meaning of will is precisely the deliberate or conscious disposition to persist and endure in a planned course of action in spite of difficulties and contrary solicitations.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Evolution, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Learned helplessness, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Julius Caesar, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Catholic Church, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Titan (moon), License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Cat, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording History of Lebanon, License CC BY-SA 4.0