perseverance
See also: persévérance
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- perseveraunce (archaic)
Etymology edit
From Middle English perseveraunce, from Old French perseverance, from Latin persevērantia.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌpɜːsəˈvɪəɹəns/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˌpɝsəˈvɪɹəns/
- Rhymes: -ɪəɹəns
- Hyphenation: per‧se‧ve‧rance
Noun edit
perseverance (usually uncountable, plural perseverances)
- Continuing in a course of action without regard to discouragement, opposition or previous failure.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:perseverance
- 2004, Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage:
- 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.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
persistent determination to adhere to a course of action; insistence
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References edit
- “perseverance”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French perseverance.
Noun edit
perseverance f (uncountable)