Persistent

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Refusing to give up or let go; persevering obstinately.
  • adj. Insistently repetitive or continuous: a persistent ringing of the telephone.
  • adj. Existing or remaining in the same state for an indefinitely long time; enduring: persistent rumors; a persistent infection.
  • adj. Botany Lasting past maturity without falling off, as the calyx on an eggplant or the scales of a pine cone.
  • adj. Zoology Retained permanently, rather than disappearing in an early stage of development: the persistent gills of fishes.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Obstinately refusing to give up or let go.
  • adj. Insistently repetitive.
  • adj. Indefinitely continuous.
  • adj. Lasting past maturity without falling off.
  • adj. About some data or data structures: existing after the execution of the program. Remaining in existence past the lifetime of the program that creates it.
  • adj. Describing a fractal process that has a positive Brown function
  • adj. non-transient.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Inclined to persist; having staying qualities; tenacious of position or purpose.
  • adj. Remaining beyond the period when parts of the same kind sometimes fall off or are absorbed; permanent; ; -- opposed to deciduous, and caducous.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Persisting or continuing in spite of opposition, warning, remonstrance, etc.; refusing to cease or give up some action, course, or pursuit; perservering: as, a persistent beggar; persistent attempts to do something.
  • That endures; enduring.
  • Specifically— In botany, continuing without withering: opposed to caducous, deciduous, or marcescent: as, a persistent calyx (one remaining after the corolla has withered).
  • In zoology, perennial; holding to morphological character, or continuing in functional activity; not degenerate, deciduous, or caducous, as a part or an organ: as, persistent types of structure; the persistent horns of cattle or gills of newts.
  • Repeated; continual.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. retained; not shed
  • adj. never-ceasing
  • adj. stubbornly unyielding
  • adj. continually recurring to the mind
    • Equivalent
    continual    obstinate    unregenerate    stubborn    unforgettable   
    Antonym
    deciduous    caducous   
    Cross Reference
    constant    continuing    persistent pulp    persistent character   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    permanent    constant    continuing   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    assistant    consistent    distant    existent    inconsistent    insistent    nonexistent    resistant    self-consistent   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    constant    intense    steady    desperate    insistent    relentless    severe    bold   
     
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