adj
Meaning 1
Tending to persevere.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
persevering
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noun
Meaning 2
perseverance
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of persevere
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a diligent (or patient) worker
- with persevering (or patient) industry she revived the failing business
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: diligent
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: упорит (uporit) — tending to persevere
- Bulgarian: настойчив (nastojčiv) — tending to persevere
- French: persévérant — tending to persevere
- German: beharrend — tending to persevere
- German: beharrlich — tending to persevere
- German: ausdauernd — tending to persevere
- German: ausharrend — tending to persevere
- German: durchhaltend — tending to persevere
- German: standhaft — tending to persevere
- Irish: buanseasmhach — tending to persevere
- Irish: síoraí — tending to persevere
- Māori: pūnoke — tending to persevere
- Spanish: perseverante — tending to persevere