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persisting

/pɚsˈɪstɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.70 in modern English

Syllables
per-sist-ing
IPA
/pɚsˈɪstɪŋ/
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of persist

noun

persistence

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

persistings (plural)

Synonyms

dogging

Rhymes With

existing listing consisting assisting resisting insisting twisting enlisting preexisting coexisting delisting

Questions

How do you pronounce persisting?
The recorded pronunciation is /pɚsˈɪstɪŋ/.
What does persisting mean?
present participle and gerund of persist

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