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# persevere

«persevere» in Mova's school dictionary: **To keep trying to do something even when it is difficult…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (persevere, perseveres, persevered, persevering)

### meaning for a pupil

To keep trying to do something even when it is difficult or you fail at first, and not give up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persevere/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In school, perseverance is a learning value: you persevere with a hard maths problem, a new instrument or a spelling list. In stories, heroes persevere through trouble. Often "persevere with" something or "persevere in" doing it. Similar: keep going, don't give up, stick at it.

### examples

- If you persevere with your reading, it will get easier. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persevere/#x1)
- She failed her swimming test twice but persevered. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persevere/#x2)
- The explorers persevered through snow and ice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persevere/#x3)
- Persevere with the puzzle; you're nearly there. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persevere/#x4)
- He persevered and finally learned to ride a bike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persevere/#x5)
- Scientists persevere through many failed experiments. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persevere/#x6)
- He set to work and persevered till he invented the first boat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persevere/#x7)

### note

Regular verb. Spelling trap: persevere (not "perservere"). Pronounced "pur-suh-VEER". Noun: perseverance; adjective: persevering. Mars rover "Perseverance" landed in 2021.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «persevere» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persevere/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.