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persisted

Syllables: per·sist·edUK/pəˈsɪstɪd/US/pɚˈsɪstɪd/

persisted is the simple past and past participle of persist.

Meaning of persist

Verb

persist (third-person singular simple present persists, present participle persisting, simple past and past participle persisted)

  1. (intransitive) To go on stubbornly or resolutely.
    • There is a way in which Britain is certain to have war and its horrors and calamities; it is this--by persisting in her present course of unpreparedness, her apathy, unintelligence, and blindness, and in her disregard of the warnings of the most ordinary political insight, as well as of the example...1912, Norman Angell, Peace Theories and the Balkan War
    Synonyms:
    persevere
  2. (intransitive) To repeat an utterance.
  3. (intransitive) To continue to exist.
    • Much of this prejudice, indeed, persists; for instance, in the heavy handicappings with which insurance companies saddle their West Indian policies, […]1868, The British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review, page 238
    Synonyms:
    last
  4. (copulative, intransitive, obsolete) To continue to be; to remain.
    Synonyms:
    hold
  5. (transitive) To cause to persist; make permanent.
    • This would not be saved after his session terminates because we don't have an actual user identity to allow us to persist the settings.2006, Marco Bellinaso, ASP.NET 2.0 Website Programming

Phrases with persisted

Words that rhyme with persisted

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Questions about persisted

What is persisted the simple past and past participle of?
Persisted is the simple past and past participle of persist.
How do you pronounce persisted?
Persisted is pronounced /pɚˈsɪstɪd/ (US).

Words near persisted in the dictionary

  1. persist it down
  2. persistability
  3. persistable
  4. persistance
  5. persistant
  6. persisted
  7. persisted down
  8. persisted it down
  9. persistence
  10. persistence hunter
  11. persistence hunters

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