Persist

Quick meaning: Persist is a verb meaning (intransitive) To go on stubbornly or resolutely.

Meaning

(intransitive) To go on stubbornly or resolutely.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To repeat an utterance.
2. (intransitive) To continue to exist.
3. (intransitive, copulative, obsolete) To continue to be; to remain.
4. (computing, transitive) To cause to persist; make permanent.

Example Sentences

Throughout the period, toothy giants persisted in the oceans. Perhaps the most spectacular was the megalodon shark.

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.

Much of this prejudice, indeed, persists; for instance, in the heavy handicappings with which insurance companies saddle their West Indian policies, […]

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.

Word Forms

• persists
• persisting
• persisted

Synonyms for persist

Depending on context, synonyms include persevere, last, remain, abide, aby, astand.

Antonyms for persist

Common opposites include break, fail, yield.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include persevere, endure, stay, remain, prevail, die hard.

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