perseverance
Syllables: per·se·ve·rance/ˌpɜːsəˈvɪəɹəns/US/ˌpɝsəˈvɪɹəns/
perseverance noun: continuing in a course of action without regard to discouragement, opposition or previous failure.
Noun
perseverance (usually uncountable, plural perseverances)
- Continuing in a course of action without regard to discouragement, opposition or previous failure.
- 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.2004, Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
- Synonyms:
- persistence, sticktoitiveness, steadfastness
- Antonyms:
- nonperseverance, unperseverance
perseverance meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
perseverance in Hindi
- persistent determination to adhere to a course of action; insistence
- दृढ़ता dŕṛhtā
perseverance in Tamil
- persistent determination to adhere to a course of action; insistence
- ஊக்கம் ūkkam, விடாமுயற்சி viṭāmuyaṟci
perseverance in Marathi
- चिकाटी
perseverance in Urdu
- نباہ, پابندی, صبر
More languagesFewer languages
- perseverance in Bengali
- অধ্যবসায় oddhobśaẏ
- perseverance in Telugu
- పట్టుదల paṭṭudala
- perseverance in Malayalam
- സ്ഥിരോത്സാഹം, ദീർഘവ്യവസായം, അശ്രാന്തപരിശ്രമം, സ്ഥിരപരിശ്രമം
- perseverance in Kannada
- ಪಟ್ಟು, ಅದಟು, ಮೊಂಡುತನ, ಪೂಣ್ಕೆ
- perseverance in Gujarati
- ખંત
- perseverance in Odia
- ବ ba, ନିଶ୍ଚୟ niścaya, ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠା pratiṣṭhā
- perseverance in Nepali
- लगनशीलता
- perseverance in Arabic
- مُثَابَرَة muṯābara
- perseverance in Persian
- پشتکار
Synonyms of perseverance
Antonyms
Forms of perseverance
| plural | perseverances |
|---|---|
| alternative misspelling | perseverence |
| alternative misspelling | perserverance |
| alternative form (archaic) | perseveraunce |
Origin of perseverance
From Middle English perseveraunce, from Old French perseverance, from Latin persevērantia.
Phrases with perseverance
Questions about perseverance
- What does perseverance mean?
- Perseverance means continuing in a course of action without regard to discouragement, opposition or previous failure.
- What is perseverance in Hindi?
- Perseverance in Hindi is दृढ़ता (dŕṛhtā). See Perseverance meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is perseverance?
- Perseverance is a noun.
- How do you pronounce perseverance?
- Perseverance is pronounced /ˌpɜːsəˈvɪəɹəns/ (UK).
- What is the plural of perseverance?
- The plural of perseverance is perseverances.
Words near perseverance in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: perseverance (page history and authors); perseverance (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); perseverance (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অধ্যবসায় (Bengali) (page history and authors); perseverance (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); perseverance (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); perseverance (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ନିଶ୍ଚୟ (Odia) (page history and authors); perseverance (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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