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Persisted

/pəˈsɪstɪd/

To go on stubbornly or resolutely.

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📖 Definitions of "Persisted"

verb

1
To go on stubbornly or resolutely.
2
To repeat an utterance.
3
To continue to exist.
4
To continue to be; to remain.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Persisted"

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Word	Definition
persevereverb	(intransitive) To persist steadfastly in pursuit of an undertaking, task, journey, or goal, even if hindered by distraction, difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement.
endureverb	(intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
hang inverb	(intransitive, idiomatic) To remain in a particular place or status; to survive, maintain, persist, persevere; to resist.
hang onverb	(chiefly imperative) To wait a moment.
stayverb	(intransitive) To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.
remainverb	To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
prevailverb	(intransitive) To be superior in strength, dominance, influence, or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.
die hardverb	To be slow in changing or disappearing. (of a custom, idea etc)
hold onverb	(idiomatic) Wait a short while.
runverb	To move swiftly.
continuedverb	Uninterrupted.
existedverb	(intransitive, stative) to be; have existence; have being or reality
insistedverb	(sometimes with (that + subjunctive) or intransitive, with on or upon) To demand continually that something happen or be done; to reiterate a demand despite requests to abandon it.
kept	a reality television series that centered on Jerry Hall (model and ex-wife to Mick Jagger) searching for a kept man.
lastedverb	(intransitive) To endure, continue over time.
lingeredverb	(intransitive) To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.
maintainedverb	showing maintenance or attention
prevailedverb	(intransitive) To be superior in strength, dominance, influence, or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.
prosecutedverb	(transitive, law) To start criminal proceedings against.
pursued	a 1947 American Western film noir directed by Raoul Walsh with cinematography by James Wong Howe, written by Niven Busch, and starring Teresa Wright and Robert Mitchum.