What is another word for persists?

Pronunciation: [pəsˈɪsts] (IPA)

When someone persists, they continue to do something despite difficulties or opposition. There are many synonyms for the word "persists" including endure, persevere, persist, survive, prevail, continue, remain, and maintain. Endure refers to withstanding a difficult situation without giving up. Persevere means to continue despite obstacles, and persist refers to keeping going despite opposition. Survive refers to continuing to exist and overcome difficulties, while prevail means to succeed in the face of adversity. Continue and remain both suggest not giving up or quitting, and maintaining implies keeping a steady course of action. Whatever the synonym used, persisting requires a strong will and determination to overcome any obstacles faced along the way.

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Usage examples for Persists

And, therefore, so Abt Vogler consoles himself, the music persists, though it has passed from the sense of him who called it forth: for it is an echo of the eternal life; a pledge of the reality of every imagined good-of the continuance of whatever good has existed.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr
It is a curious fact that Field's pretended aversion to tobacco persists through all his writings, from the Denver Primer sketches down.
"Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions"
Slason Thompson
She persists that she will bring another book out now, and so revive the whole unpleasant business!
"Helena Brett's Career"
Desmond Coke

Famous quotes with Persists

  • The gentleman puts me in mind of an old hen which persists in setting after her eggs are taken away.
    Fisher Ames
  • The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.
    William Blake
  • If genetic memory or racial memory persists, is it possible that individual memory also exists from previous lives?
    Taylor Caldwell
  • For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of equilibrium.
    Albert Camus
  • Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero

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