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Persistent

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Adjective

1. persistent, relentless, unrelenting

never-ceasing

Example Sentences:
'the relentless beat of the drums'

2. haunting, persistent

continually recurring to the mind

Example Sentences:
'haunting memories'
'the cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty'

3. lasting, persistent

retained; not shed

Example Sentences:
'persistent leaves remain attached past maturity'
'the persistent gills of fishes'

4. dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding

stubbornly unyielding

Example Sentences:
'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'
'men tenacious of opinion'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Persistent

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adjective
1. 
showing persistence
2. 
incessantly repeated; unrelenting
your persistent questioning
3. 
(of plant parts) remaining attached to the plant after the normal time of withering
a fruit surrounded by a persistent perianth
4. zoology
a. 
(of parts normally present only in young stages) present in the adult
persistent gills in axolotls
b. 
continuing to grow or develop after the normal period of growth
persistent teeth
5. 
(of a chemical, esp when used as an insecticide) slow to break down; not easily degradable
. Also (rare): persistive

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Persistent

see synonyms of persistent
adjective
1. 
refusing to relent; continuing, esp. in the face of opposition, interference, etc.; stubborn; persevering
2. 
continuing to exist or endure; lasting without change
3. 
constantly repeated; continued
4.  Botany
remaining attached permanently or for a longer than normal time, as some leaves, perianths, etc.
5.  Zoology
a. 
remaining essentially unchanged over a long period of geologic time, as a species
b. 
remaining for life
said of such parts retained in the adult that normally disappear or wither at an early stage

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Persistent

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adj.
1. Refusing to give up or let go; persevering obstinately.
2. Insistently repetitive or continuous: a persistent honking of car horns.
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.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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