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Detailed Synonyms for persist in English

persist:

to persist verbe (persists, persisted, persisting)

  1. to persist
    to persist; to persevere; hold on; to keep on; to keep up
    • persist verbe (persists, persisted, persisting)
    • persevere verbe (perseveres, persevered, persevering)
    • hold on verbe
    • keep on verbe (keeps on, kept on, keeping on)
    • keep up verbe (keeps up, kept up, keeping up)
  2. to persist
    to persevere; to persist
    • persevere verbe (perseveres, persevered, persevering)
    • persist verbe (persists, persisted, persisting)
  3. to persist
    to bear; to persist; to endure; to stand; to tolerate
    • bear verbe (bears, bearing)
    • persist verbe (persists, persisted, persisting)
    • endure verbe (endures, endured, enduring)
    • stand verbe (stands, stood, standing)
    • tolerate verbe (tolerates, tolerated, tolerating)
  4. to persist
    to continue; to proceed; to pursue the subject; to go through with it; to persist; to carry on; hold on; to go on; to keep on; to keep up; to move on; to let last; to get on
    • continue verbe (continues, continued, continuing)
    • proceed verbe (proceeds, proceeded, proceeding)
    • pursue the subject verbe (pursues the subject, pursued the subject, pursuing the subject)
    • go through with it verbe (goes through with it, went through with it, going through with it)
    • persist verbe (persists, persisted, persisting)
    • carry on verbe (carry on, carried on, carrying on)
    • hold on verbe
    • go on verbe (goes on, went on, going on)
    • keep on verbe (keeps on, kept on, keeping on)
    • keep up verbe (keeps up, kept up, keeping up)
    • move on verbe (moves on, moved on, moving on)
    • let last verbe (lets last, let last, letting last)
    • get on verbe (gets on, got on, getting on)
  5. to persist
    to persist; to continue; to drag on
    • persist verbe (persists, persisted, persisting)
    • continue verbe (continues, continued, continuing)
    • drag on verbe (drags on, dragged on, dragging on)
  6. to persist
    insist; to persist; to urge; to press; to keep on
    • insist verbe
    • persist verbe (persists, persisted, persisting)
    • urge verbe (urges, urged, urging)
    • press verbe (presses, pressed, pressing)
    • keep on verbe (keeps on, kept on, keeping on)
  7. to persist
    – be persistent, refuse to stop 1
    to persist; to persevere; hold on; to hang on; to hang in
    – be persistent, refuse to stop 1
    • persist verbe (persists, persisted, persisting)
      • he persisted to call me every night1
      • The child persisted and kept asking questions1
    • persevere verbe (perseveres, persevered, persevering)
    • hold on verbe
    • hang on verbe (hangs on, hung on, hanging on)
    • hang in verbe (hangs in, hung in, hanging in)
  8. to persist
    – continue to exist 1
    to run; to prevail; to endure; to persist; die hard
    – continue to exist 1
    • run verbe (runs, ran, running)
    • prevail verbe (prevails, prevailed, prevailing)
    • endure verbe (endures, endured, enduring)
      • The legend of Elvis endures1
    • persist verbe (persists, persisted, persisting)
    • die hard verbe
      • These stories die hard1
  9. to persist
    – stay behind 1
    to remain; to stay; to persist
    – stay behind 1
    • remain verbe (remains, remained, remaining)
      • The hostility remained long after they made up1
    • stay verbe (stays, stayed, staying)
      • The smell stayed in the room1
    • persist verbe (persists, persisted, persisting)

Conjugations for persist:

present
  1. persist
  2. persist
  3. persists
  4. persist
  5. persist
  6. persist
simple past
  1. persisted
  2. persisted
  3. persisted
  4. persisted
  5. persisted
  6. persisted
present perfect
  1. have persisted
  2. have persisted
  3. has persisted
  4. have persisted
  5. have persisted
  6. have persisted
past continuous
  1. was persisting
  2. were persisting
  3. was persisting
  4. were persisting
  5. were persisting
  6. were persisting
future
  1. shall persist
  2. will persist
  3. will persist
  4. shall persist
  5. will persist
  6. will persist
continuous present
  1. am persisting
  2. are persisting
  3. is persisting
  4. are persisting
  5. are persisting
  6. are persisting
subjunctive
  1. be persisted
  2. be persisted
  3. be persisted
  4. be persisted
  5. be persisted
  6. be persisted
diverse
  1. persist!
  2. let's persist!
  3. persisted
  4. persisting
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Related Definitions for "persist":

  1. be persistent, refuse to stop1
    • he persisted to call me every night1
    • The child persisted and kept asking questions1
  2. continue to exist1
  3. stay behind1

Related Synonyms for persist