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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024per•se•ver•ance (pûr′sə vēr′əns),USA pronunciation n. - steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., esp. in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement.
- Religion[Theol.]continuance in a state of grace to the end, leading to eternal salvation.
- Latin persevērantia. See persevere, -ance
- Middle French perseverance
- Middle English perseveraunce 1300–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged doggedness, steadfastness. Perseverance, persistence, tenacity, pertinacity imply resolute and unyielding holding on in following a course of action. Perseverance commonly suggests activity maintained in spite of difficulties or steadfast and long-continued application:Endurance and perseverance combined to win in the end.It is regularly used in a favorable sense. Persistence, which may be used in either a favorable or an unfavorable sense, implies unremitting (and sometimes annoying) perseverance:persistence in a belief; persistence in talking when others wish to study.Tenacity, with the original meaning of adhesiveness, as of glue, is a dogged and determined holding on. Whether used literally or figuratively it has favorable implications:a bulldog quality of tenacity; the tenacity of one's memory.Pertinacity, unlike its related word, is used chiefly in an unfavorable sense, that of overinsistent tenacity:the pertinacity of the social climber.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: perseverance /ˌpɜːsɪˈvɪərəns/ n - continued steady belief or efforts, withstanding discouragement or difficulty; persistence
- persistence in remaining in a state of grace until death
per•se•vere /ˌpɜrsəˈvɪr/USA pronunciation v. [no object], -vered, -ver•ing. - to continue to pursue something in spite of obstacles, problems, or opposition:managed to persevere and finish her degree.
per•se•ver•ance, n. [uncountable]her perseverance in finishing her degree. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024per•se•vere (pûr′sə vēr′),USA pronunciation v., -vered, -ver•ing. v.i. - to persist in anything undertaken;
maintain a purpose in spite of difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement;
continue steadfastly. - to persist in speech, interrogation, argument, etc.;
insist.
v.t. - to bolster, sustain, or uphold:unflagging faith that had persevered him.
- Latin persevērāre to persist, derivative of persevērus very strict. See per-, severe
- Middle French perseverer
- Middle English perseveren 1325–75
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See continue.
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