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persistent

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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.

per·sistent·ly adv.

persistent
Adjective
1. unrelenting: persistent rain
2. showing persistence: she was a persistent woman
persistence n
persistently adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.persistentpersistent - never-ceasing; "the relentless beat of the drums"
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
unforgettable - impossible to forget
3.persistent - retained; not shed; "persistent leaves remain attached past maturity"; "the persistent gills of fishes"
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.persistentpersistent - 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"
obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate - tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

persistent
Translations
persistent [pəˈsɪstənt] adj [lateness, rain] → persistente (= determined); porfiado (= continuing); constante;
persistent offender (LAW) → multirreincidente m/f
persistent [pəˈsɪstənt] persist adjpersistant(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] adjpersistente; ostinato/a; [lateness, rain] → continuo/a;
persistent offender (LAW) → delinquente m/f abituale


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The chief pleasure and necessity of such men, when they encounter anyone who shows animation, is to flaunt their own dreary, persistent activity.
When I found Missis was sot the contrar, dat ar was conscience more yet,--cause fellers allers gets more by stickin' to Missis' side,--so yer see I 's persistent either way, and sticks up to conscience, and holds on to principles.
Then I had simply to fight against their persistent fingers for my levers, and at the same time feel for the studs over which these fitted.
 
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