perseverance
See also: persévérance
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English perseveraunce, from Old French perseverance, from Latin persevērantia.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌpɜːsəˈvɪəɹəns/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˌpɝsəˈvɪɹəns/
- Rhymes: -ɪəɹəns
- Hyphenation: per‧se‧ve‧rance
Noun edit
perseverance (usually uncountable, plural perseverances)
- Continuing in a course of action without regard to discouragement, opposition or previous failure.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:perseverance
- 2004, Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage:
- 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.
Derived terms edit
- affect perseverance
- belief perseverance
- final perseverance
- Mount Perseverance
- perseverance of the saints
Related terms edit
Translations edit
persistent determination to adhere to a course of action; insistence
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References edit
- “perseverance”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French perseverance.
Noun edit
perseverance f (uncountable)
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