per·sist·ent
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| 1. | persisting, esp. in spite of opposition, obstacles, discouragement, etc.; persevering: a most annoyingly persistent young man. |
| 2. | lasting or enduring tenaciously: the persistent aroma of verbena; a persistent cough. |
| 3. | constantly repeated; continued: persistent noise. |
| 4. | Biology.
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| 5. | Botany. remaining attached beyond the usual time, as flowers, flower parts, or leaves. |
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persistent
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| per·sis·tent
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adj.
per·sis'tent·ly adv. |
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| persistent | |
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| 1. | never-ceasing; "the relentless beat of the drums" |
| 2. | continually recurring to the mind; "haunting memories"; "the cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty"- Claudia Cassidy [syn: haunting] |
| 3. | retained; not shed; "persistent leaves remain attached past maturity"; "the persistent gills of fishes" [ant: caducous] |
| 4. | stubbornly unyielding; "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"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion" [syn: dogged] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
perˈsistent adjective
Example: She was persistent in her demands/denials; persistent questions
See also: persist
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Main Entry: per·sis·tent
Pronunciation: -t&nt
Function: adjective
1 : existing or continuing for a long time: as a : effective in the open for an appreciable time usually through slow volatilizing
2 : continuing to exist despite interference or treatment persistent cough>
| Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc. |
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persistence
| The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe |
Persistent
Per*sist"ence\, Persistency \Per*sist"en*cy\, n. [See Persistent.]1. The quality or state of being persistent; staying or continuing quality; hence, in an unfavorable sense, doggedness; obstinacy. 2. The continuance of an effect after the cause which first gave rise to it is removed; as: (a) (Physics) The persistence of motion. (b) (Physiol.) Visual persistence, or persistence of the visual impression; auditory persistence, etc.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
persistent
persistent: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary
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