Perseverance
/ˌpɜːsəˈvɪəɹəns/ noun
noun ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Continuing in a course of action without regard to discouragement, opposition or previous failure. uncountable, usually
"It had taken nine years from the evening that Truman first showed up with a pie plate at her mother's door, but his dogged perseverance eventually won him the hand of his boyhood Sunday school crush."
- 2 the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior wordnet
- 3 persistent determination wordnet
Example
More examples"Wherever you may go, you can't succeed without perseverance."
Etymology
From Middle English perseveraunce, from Old French perseverance, from Latin persevērantia.