persist

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French persister (Modern French persister), from Latin persistere, from per- + sistere (“to stand”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /pɚˈsɪst/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəˈsɪst/ Rhymes: -ɪst Hyphenation: per‧sist === Verb === persist (third-person singular simple present persists, present participle persisting, simple past and past participle persisted) (intransitive) To go on stubbornly or resolutely. (intransitive) To repeat an utterance. (intransitive) To continue to exist. (intransitive, copulative, obsolete) To continue to be; to remain. Synonym: hold (computing, transitive) To cause to persist; make permanent. ==== Synonyms ==== (go on stubbornly or resolutely): persevere; See also Thesaurus:persevere (continue to exist): last, remain; See also Thesaurus:persist ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== persistence / persistency persistent ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Anagrams === spiters, Prestis, sprites, Sprites, stirpes, sitreps, priests, respits, stripes, spriest