persistence

per·sis·tence  (pr-sstns, -zs-)

n.

1. The act of persisting.

2. The state or quality of being persistent; persistency.

3. Continuance of an effect after the cause is removed: persistence of vision.

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persistence [pəˈsɪstəns], persistency

n

1. the quality of persisting; tenacity

2. the act of persisting; continued effort or existence

3. the continuance of an effect after the cause of it has stopped persistence of vision

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Persistence of parents—Lipton, 1970.

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Persistence 

See Also: CLINGING, PURPOSEFULNESS

1. As headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile —Richard Brinsley Sheridan
2. (Sorrow) as nagging as envy —Karl Shapiro
3. (The name was becoming) a teasing obsession, like a tune —Wilfrid Sheed
4. Dogged as a turtle crossing a road —Marge Piercy
5. Hold on with a bulldog grip —Abraham Lincoln

   From a telegram to General Grant, August 1864.

6. I’m like a terrier pup. Somebody tells me to do something and it gets done —Sue Grafton
7. Insistent as a baby’s cry at feeding time —Anon
8. Insistent as remorse —Victor Hugo
9. Jabs like a prizefighter (at their feelings about each other) —Linda Barret Osborne, reviewing a novel in New York Times, August 31, 1986
10. Obstinate as a Hindu woman contemplating suttee —Frank Swinnerton
11. Obstinate as death —John Dryden
12. Persistent annoyance, like the rough place on a tooth —David R. Slavitt
13. Persistent as a bulldog —Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
14. Persistent as a fly on a hound’s nose —Harold Adams
15. Persistent as a nagging backache —Anon
16. (Ugly and) persistent as pain —Carlos Baker
17. Persist … like a terrier with a rat … she wouldn’t let go, come hell or high water —James Reeve
18. Prevail like the false pig in Aesop —G. K. Chesterton
19. Relentless as decay —Joseph Wambaugh
20. Relentless as a nagging tongue —Anon
21. Relentless as a windshield wiper —Anon
22. Skin … as thick as his wallet —Jane Gross, New York Times, August 22, 1986

    The man with the thick skin and wallet is Abraham Hirshfeld, who ran a persistent campaign for the New York State governorship despite many insults and putdowns.

23. Stick to it, like salmon swimming upstream —Anon
24. Stubborn and hardy as a rubber mat —Marge Piercy
25. (Death bugs me) as stubborn as insomnia —Anne Sexton
26. Tenacious as remorse —Vincente Blasco-Ibâñez
27. The thought … unable to move [out of his head] as a jellyfish fixed on the sand —Norman Mailer
28. Tug at … like a robin with a worm —T. Coraghessan Boyle
29. You’re like a train; nothing will turn you when you get started —Joyce Cary

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	persistence - the property of a continuous and connected period of time continuity durability, enduringness, lastingness, strength - permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force; "they advertised the durability of their products"
	2.	persistence - persistent determination             doggedness, perseverance, persistency, pertinacity, tenaciousness, tenacity determination, purpose - the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose; "his determination showed in his every movement"; "he is a man of purpose"
	3.	persistence - the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior; "his perseveration continued to the point where it was no longer appropriate" perseverance, perseveration continuance, continuation - the act of continuing an activity without interruption

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persistence

noun determination, resolution, pluck, stamina, grit, endurance, tenacity, diligence, perseverance, constancy, steadfastness, doggedness, pertinacity, indefatigability, tirelessness Skill comes only with practice, patience and persistence.

Translations

persistence [pəˈsɪstəns] persistency [pəˈsɪstənsɪ] N

1. (= tenacity) → perseverancia f
as a reward for her persistence → como premio a su perseverancia

2. (= continuing to exist) [of symptoms, disease] → persistencia f

persistence [pə^rˈsɪstəns] n

(= perseverance) [person] → persévérance f
... and her persistence paid off → ... et sa persévérance a payé.

[problem, symptom] → persistance f

persistence, persistency

n (= tenacity) → Beharrlichkeit f, → Hartnäckigkeit f; (= perseverance) → Ausdauer f; (of disease) → Hartnäckigkeit f; (of fog, pain etc) → Anhalten nt, → Fortdauern nt; the persistence of his questioning brought results → sein beharrliches Fragen hat schließlich doch zu etwas geführt; the persistence of a high temperature → anhaltend hohes Fieber

persistence [pəˈsɪst/əns] n (tenacity) → perseveranza; (obstinacy) → ostinazione f, persistenza; (continued existence) → persistere m