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# persistent

«persistent» in Mova's school dictionary: **A persistent person keeps on trying and does not give up…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (persistent; persistently adv.)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A persistent person keeps on trying and does not give up easily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persistent/#m1)

2) Something persistent goes on for a long time or keeps coming back: a persistent cough, persistent rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persistent/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school reports: a persistent learner. In health: «See a doctor if you have a persistent cough.» In weather: persistent rain. Sometimes negative: a persistent salesman who will not leave.

### examples

- She is a persistent and hard-working pupil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persistent/#x1)
- The persistent rain spoiled our picnic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persistent/#x2)
- A persistent cough should be checked by a doctor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persistent/#x3)
- The persistent fly kept landing on my sandwich. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persistent/#x4)
- He was persistent and finally got a reply. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persistent/#x5)
- Persistent lateness can get you into trouble. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persistent/#x6)
- So savage was it, and so persistent, that it was as much as the people of the house could do to beat it off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persistent/#x7)

### note

Spelling: -ent, not -ant. Noun: persistence; verb: persist. Can be praise (keeps trying) or complaint (will not stop).

### Trees and pragmatics

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