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persistent
adjective
never-ceasing
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 10
- Starts with
- P
- Ends with
- T
- Contains
- ERSISTEN
- Scrabble score
- 12
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
How it sounds
Pronunciation
pɚˈsɪstənt
Meaning
Definitions
adjective
never-ceasing
“the relentless beat of the drums”
adjective
continually recurring to the mind
“haunting memories”
adjective
retained; not shed
“persistent leaves remain attached past maturity”
adjective
stubbornly unyielding
“dogged persistence”
In context
Example Sentences
the relentless beat of the drums
haunting memories
{'source': 'Claudia Cassidy', 'text': 'the cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty'}
persistent leaves remain attached past maturity
the persistent gills of fishes
dogged persistence
dour determination
the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics
{'source': 'T.S.Eliot', 'text': 'a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it'}
men tenacious of opinion
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