Be the matter what it may, we must persevere.
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Persevere
//ˌpɜːsəˈvɪə//
Synonyms for "persevere" (121 found)
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Strong matches (36)
Related words (60)
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2 entriesmanner of
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12 entriesTranslations
42 translations across 26 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- постоянствам verb (persist steadfastly)
- упорствам verb (persist steadfastly)
Catalan
1 entries- perseverar verb (persist steadfastly)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 堅持 /坚持 verb (persist steadfastly)
Dutch
1 entries- doorzetten verb (persist steadfastly)
Faroese
1 entries- halda á verb (persist steadfastly)
French
1 entries- persévérer verb (persist steadfastly)
German
4 entries- ausdauern verb (persist steadfastly)
- ausharren verb (persist steadfastly)
- beharren verb (persist steadfastly)
- durchhalten verb (persist steadfastly)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 verb (persist steadfastly)
Greek
1 entries- αντέχω verb (persist steadfastly)
Hungarian
1 entries- kitart verb (persist steadfastly)
Icelandic
4 entries- halda ótrauður áfram verb (persist steadfastly)
- láta ekki deigan síga verb (persist steadfastly)
- láta engan bilbug á sér finna verb (persist steadfastly)
- seiglast við verb (persist steadfastly)
Italian
1 entries- perseverare verb (persist steadfastly)
Korean
3 entries- 견디다 verb (persist steadfastly)
- 계속(繼續)하다 verb (persist steadfastly)
- 꿋꿋하다 verb (persist steadfastly)
Latin
1 entries- persevērō verb (persist steadfastly)
Māori
1 entries- hohota verb (persist steadfastly)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قوغمق verb (persist steadfastly)
Polish
2 entries- dotrwać verb (persist steadfastly)
- wytrwać verb (persist steadfastly)
Portuguese
1 entries- perseverar verb (persist steadfastly)
Romanian
2 entries- persevera verb (persist steadfastly)
- stărui verb (persist steadfastly)
Russian
2 entries- добива́ться verb (persist steadfastly)
- упорствовать verb (persist steadfastly)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- cum ri verb (persist steadfastly)
- lean air verb (persist steadfastly)
Spanish
1 entries- perseverar verb (persist steadfastly)
Swahili
1 entries- kudumu verb (persist steadfastly)
Swedish
1 entries- framhärda verb (persist steadfastly)
Turkish
1 entries- sebat etmek verb (persist steadfastly)
Ukrainian
2 entries- боротися verb (persist steadfastly)
- витримувати verb (persist steadfastly)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
You must persevere before you can accomplish anything great.
Source: tatoeba (25199)
You must persevere before you can succeed.
Source: tatoeba (269843)
He equipped his son with the will to persevere.
Source: tatoeba (300970)
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