You should persist in your efforts to learn English.
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Persist
//pɚˈsɪst//
Synonyms for "persist" (164 found)
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Closest matches (33)
Strong matches (49)
Related words (82)
insist uponkeepkeep alivekeep atkeep at itkeep drivingkeep goingkeep inkeep onkeep tryingkeep uplaborlast longlast outlingerlivelive onlive throughlock inmaintain
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make outmanagemassnever say dienot accept compromiseobtainperdureperennatepreservepressprolongprosecutepursuepursue one’s pointremainrepressretainrunrun onrun throughsavesave upsee it throughsetsoldiersolidifystandstand faststand firmstand onstaystay onstay putstickstick it outstick tostick to itstick togetherstrivesubsistsupport lifesuppresssurvivesustaintake hold oftake no denialtarrytide overtoilurgewearwear well
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58 translations across 28 languages.
Albaniani
1 entries- rri verb (continue to exist)
Arabic
1 entries- ثَابَرَ verb (continue to exist)
Bulgarian
3 entries- настоявам verb (go on stubbornly or resolutely)
- упорствам verb (go on stubbornly or resolutely)
- устоявам verb (continue to exist)
Catalan
1 entries- persistir verb (continue to exist)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 堅持 /坚持 verb (continue to exist)
Danish
4 entries- fortsætte verb (go on stubbornly or resolutely)
- fortsætte verb (continue to exist)
- vedblive verb (go on stubbornly or resolutely)
- vedblive verb (continue to exist)
Dutch
1 entries- volharden verb (continue to exist)
Esperanto
1 entries- persisto verb (go on stubbornly or resolutely)
Finnish
3 entries- itsepintaisesti pitää kiinni verb (continue to exist)
- olla edelleen olemassa verb (continue to exist)
- pysyä järkähtämättömänä verb (continue to exist)
French
1 entries- persister verb (continue to exist)
Galician
1 entries- persistir verb (continue to exist)
German
1 entries- beharren verb (continue to exist)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 verb (go on stubbornly or resolutely)
Hungarian
4 entries- fennmarad verb (continue to exist)
- fennáll verb (continue to exist)
- folytatódik verb (continue to exist)
- kitart verb (go on stubbornly or resolutely)
Italian
2 entries- persistere verb (go on stubbornly or resolutely)
- persistere verb (continue to exist)
Japanese
4 entries- 固執する verb (continue to exist)
- 尾を引く verb (continue to exist)
- 持続する verb (continue to exist)
- 残存する verb (continue to exist)
Korean
1 entries- 고집하다 verb (continue to exist)
Latin
2 entries- persevērō verb (go on stubbornly or resolutely)
- persistō verb (go on stubbornly or resolutely)
Māori
4 entries- hohota verb (go on stubbornly or resolutely)
- oke verb (go on stubbornly or resolutely)
- whakakeke verb (go on stubbornly or resolutely)
- whakakeke verb (continue to exist)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قوغمق verb (go on stubbornly or resolutely)
Portuguese
1 entries- persistir verb (continue to exist)
Russian
2 entries- выживать verb (continue to exist)
- упо́рствовать verb (go on stubbornly or resolutely)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- lean verb (continue to exist)
- lean air verb (go on stubbornly or resolutely)
Spanish
1 entries- persistir verb (continue to exist)
Swedish
2 entries- envisas verb (go on stubbornly or resolutely)
- framhärda verb (continue to exist)
Thai
1 entries- ยืนหยัด verb (go on stubbornly or resolutely)
Turkish
4 entries- sebat etmek verb (go on stubbornly or resolutely)
- sürdürmek verb (continue to exist)
- sürmek verb (continue to exist)
- vazgeçmemek verb (go on stubbornly or resolutely)
Vietnamese
1 entries- kiên trì verb (continue to exist)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
The anthropologist says odd customs do persist in the region.
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If you persist in bothering her like that, she'll lose her temper.
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He intended to persist in his silence.
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