Perseverance

Noun CEFR C1

ˌpɜːsəˈvɪəɹəns

Definitions

Continuing in a course of action without regard to discouragement, opposition or previous failure.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Españolperseverancia

Françaispersévérance

DeutschAusdauer Beharrlichkeit DurchhaltevermögenPersistenz

38 more languages

العربيةالمثابرة توقف ثباتصبر مثابرة مداومة

Azərbaycan diliəzmkarlıq mətanət

Bosanskiупорност

Catalàperseverança

Češtinavytrvalost

Ελληνικάεπιμονή

Esperantopersisto

فارسیپشتکار

Suomihellittämättömyys itsepintaisuus määrätietoisuusperäänantamattomuus periksiantamattomuus sinnikkyys sitkeys

Gaeilgebuanseasamh buanseasmhacht

Gàidhligdìcheall

עבריתדבקות

हिन्दीइसरार लगन

Hrvatskiупорност

Magyarállhatatosság kitartás

Íslenskaþolgæði þrautseigja

Italianoperseveranza

日本語堪能忍耐忍耐力恒心根

ქართულიშეუპოვრობა

Қазақ тіліқажырлылық

ភាសាខ្មែរការព្យាយាម ភាពខ្ជាប់ខ្ជួន

한국어끈기 악착 인내인내심

Kurdîazîm

Latinaperseverantia pertinacia

Latviešupacietība

Македонскинастојчивост упорност

Nederlandsdoorzettingsvermogen vasthoudendheid volharding

Polskiwytrwałość

Portuguêsperseverança

Românăperseverență stăruință

Русскийнасто́йчивость стойкость упо́рствоуси́дчивость

Српскиупорност

Svenskaihärdighet

தமிழ்ஊக்கம்விடாமுயற்சி

తెలుగుపట్టుదల

ไทยมานะ เพียร

Türkçeazim sabır tahammül

Українськазавзяття насті́йливість насті́йністьстійкість

Examples

“It had taken nine years from the evening that Truman first showed up with a pie plate at her mother's door, but his dogged perseverance eventually won him the hand of his boyhood Sunday school crush ⟳.”

CEFR level

C1

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See also

perseverance of the saints Perseverant perseveration perseverative assimilation perseverativeness perseverator

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