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# persistence

«persistence» in Mova's school dictionary: **going on trying to do something even when it is hard or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (persistence, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Persistence is going on trying to do something even when it is hard or other people want you to stop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persistence/#m1)

2) Persistence is something continuing for a long time: the persistence of the rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persistence/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school: persistence is praised in learning — keep going when maths is difficult. In science: Thomas Edison's persistence in testing light bulbs. In nature: the persistence of a smell or pollution.

### examples

- With persistence, she learnt to ride her bike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persistence/#x1)
- His persistence paid off when he solved the puzzle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persistence/#x2)
- The spider showed great persistence rebuilding its web. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persistence/#x3)
- Persistence is more important than talent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persistence/#x4)
- We were annoyed by the persistence of the rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persistence/#x5)
- Learning an instrument takes persistence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persistence/#x6)
- But, knowing that persistence would eventually succeed, he held her fast until she assumed her true form. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persistence/#x7)

### note

Uncountable. Adjective: persistent; verb: persist. Synonyms: perseverance, determination, grit. Spelling: -ence, not -ance.

### Trees and pragmatics

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