perseverant
/pəːsəˈvɪər(ə)nt
/adjective
Persistent in doing something despite difficulty; unwavering: you need to be spirited and perseverant to drive your projects through if you have a perseverant mind, you will work until all problems are resolved...
- The critical resource is personnel - dedicated and energetic and perseverant - with a vision for a thriving undergraduate physics program.
- Families achieve these results through self-sacrifice and perseverant efforts that promote their children's development.
- I was perseverant, I worked hard, and I had a supportive advisor.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Old French, from the verb perseverer (see persevere).
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