persist
/pɚˈsɪst/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "There is a way in which Britain is certain to have war and its horrors and calamities; it is this--by persisting in her present course of unpreparedness, her apathy, unintelligence, and blindness, and in her disregard of the warnings of the most ordinary political insight, as well as of the example of history."
- "Much of this prejudice, indeed, persists; for instance, in the heavy handicappings with which insurance companies saddle their West Indian policies, […]"
- "Throughout the period, toothy giants persisted in the oceans. Perhaps the most spectacular was the megalodon shark."
- "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."
Etymology
From Middle French persister (Modern French persister), from Latin persistere, from per- + sistere (“to stand”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pɚˈsɪst/
- British English: /pəˈsɪst/