persistent

per·sis·tent  (pr-sstnt, -zs-)

adj.

1. Refusing to give up or let go; persevering obstinately.

2. Insistently repetitive or continuous: a persistent ringing of the telephone.

3. Existing or remaining in the same state for an indefinitely long time; enduring: persistent rumors; a persistent infection.

4. Botany Lasting past maturity without falling off, as the calyx on an eggplant or the scales of a pine cone.

5. Zoology Retained permanently, rather than disappearing in an early stage of development: the persistent gills of fishes.

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per·sistent·ly adv.

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persistent

Adjective

1. unrelenting: persistent rain

2. showing persistence: she was a persistent woman

persistence n
persistently adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	persistent - never-ceasing; "the relentless beat of the drums" relentless, unrelenting continual - occurring without interruption; chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series; "the continual banging of the shutters"
	2.	persistent - continually recurring to the mind; "haunting memories"; "the cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty"- Claudia Cassidy haunting unforgettable - impossible to forget
	3.	persistent - retained; not shed; "persistent leaves remain attached past maturity"; "the persistent gills of fishes" lasting biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms caducous, shed - shed at an early stage of development; "most amphibians have caducous gills"; "the caducous calyx of a poppy"
	4.	persistent - stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion" dogged, dour, pertinacious, unyielding, tenacious obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate - tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

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persistent

adjective 1. continuous, constant, relentless, lasting, repeated, endless, perpetual, continual, never-ending, interminable, unrelenting, incessant, unremitting << OPPOSITE occasional

adjective 2. determined, dogged, fixed, steady, enduring, stubborn, persevering, resolute, tireless, tenacious, steadfast, obstinate, indefatigable, immovable, assiduous, obdurate, stiff-necked, unflagging, pertinacious << OPPOSITE irresolute

Translations

persistent [pəˈsɪstənt] adj [lateness, rain] → persistente (= determined); porfiado (= continuing); constante;

persistent offender (LAW) → multirreincidente m/f

persistent [pəˈsɪstənt] persist adj → persistant(e) → tenace; [lateness, rain] → persistant;

persistent offender (Law) → multirécidiviste m/f

persistent [pəˈsɪstənt] persist adj [person, noise] → beharrlich; [smell, cough etc] → hartnäckig; [lateness, rain] → andauernd;

persistent offender persist → Wiederholungstäter(in) m(f)

persistent [pəˈsɪstənt] adj → persistente; ostinato/a; [lateness, rain] → continuo/a;

persistent offender (LAW) → delinquente m/f abituale