persistent

English

Etymology

From Latin persistentem, present participle of persistō (“continue steadfastly”). By surface analysis, persist +‎ -ent.

Pronunciation

Adjective

persistent (comparative more persistent, superlative most persistent)

  1. Obstinately refusing to give up or let go.
    She has had a persistent cough for weeks.
  3. Insistently repetitive.
    There was a persistent knocking on the door.
  4. Indefinitely continuous.
    There have been persistent rumours for years.
    • 2025 August 13, Müjdat Erarkadaş, Kübra Özmeral Erarkadaş, Şahika Gülen Şişmanlar, “Autism Spectrum Disorder Beyond Childhood: A Comprehensive Assessment of Activities of Daily Living and Social Functioning in Turkish Adults”, in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders‎[2], →DOI:
      Although many individuals seek meaningful social connection, they face persistent barriers to sustaining relationships, including communication difficulties, social rejection, loneliness, and limited social opportunities (Elmose, 2019; Mendelson et al., 2016; Sosnowy et al., 2019). The gap between social motivation and real-life opportunities for social interaction may contribute to persistent social isolation in this population.
  5. (botany) Lasting past maturity without falling off.
    Pine cones have persistent scales.
    • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 4:
      The Jubulaceae have a leaf whose lobule, usually transformed into a water-sac, is normally very narrowly attached to the stem and to the dorsal lobe; indeed some Frullania taxa reproduce vegetatively by dropping the dorsal lobes, but not the lobules, and Neohattoria has caducous lobules but persistent lobes.
  6. (computing) Of data or a data structure: not transient or temporary, but remaining in existence after the termination of the program that creates it.
    Once written to a disk file, the data becomes persistent: it will still be there tomorrow when we run the next program.
  7. (mathematics) Describing a fractal process that has a positive Brown function
  8. (mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) non-transient.

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Etymology

    Learned borrowing from Latin persistentem.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    persistent m or f (masculine and feminine plural persistents)

    1. persistent

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    French

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    persistent

    1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of persister

    Latin

    Verb

    persistent

    1. third-person plural future active indicative of persistō

    Romanian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Latin persistentem, perhaps via Italian persistente.

    Adjective

    persistent m or n (feminine singular persistentă, masculine plural persistenți, feminine/neuter plural persistente)

    1. persistent

    Declension

    Declension of persistent
    singular plural
    masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
    nominative-
    accusative     		indefinite persistent persistentă persistenți persistente
    definite persistentul persistenta persistenții persistentele
    genitive-
    dative     		indefinite persistent persistente persistenți persistente
    definite persistentului persistentei persistenților persistentelor
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