Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

persistive

/pə(ɹ)ˈsɪstɪv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: per-sis-tive
IPA: /pə(ɹ)ˈsɪstɪv/

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Obsolete

adj

Indicating a situation that was the case at one time (usually past) and continues to a later time (usually time of speaking).

Example Sentences

"Do you with cheekes abash'd, behold our workes, And thinke them shame, which are (indeed) nought else But the protractiue trials of great Ioue, To finde persistiue constancie in men?"
"It should further be observed, that this order of spasm is very persistive, sometimes continuing even after apparent death[…]"
"The present paper looks at so-called persistive markers (denoting something like “still going on”) in the sub-Saharan Bantu languages, one of the major subgroups of the Niger-Congo language phylum."
"Persistive aspect is marked with a post-initial prefix shí-. Its high tone does not surface when combined with a construction that uses melodic tone 4"

Etymology

From persist + -ive.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: persist

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more persistive (comparative) most persistive (superlative)

Derived Forms

persistively persistiveness

Phrases

persistive vegetative state

Questions

How do you pronounce persistive?: The recorded pronunciation is /pə(ɹ)ˈsɪstɪv/.
What does persistive mean?: persistent
Where does persistive come from?: From persist + -ive.

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