persist
//pɚˈsɪst//
Forms
- present (v1)
- persist
- past (v2)
- persisted
- past participle (v3)
- persisted
- present participle
- persisting
- 3rd person singular
- persists
Definitions
1.To go on stubbornly or resolutely.
2.To repeat an utterance.
3.To continue to exist.
- Throughout the period, toothy giants persisted in the oceans. Perhaps the most spectacular was the megalodon shark.
4.To cause to persist; make permanent.
- This would not be saved after his session terminates because we don't have an actual user identity to allow us to persist the settings.
- While hashtags aren't formally part of Twitter, some clients, such as Tweetdeck, will persist hashtags across replies to create a sort of message threading.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #5047
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
From Middle French persister (Modern French persister)
From Latin persistere
From per- + sistere (“to stand”).