noun [U]
1 the fact of continuing to try to do sth in spite of difficulties, especially when other people are against you and think that you are being annoying or unreasonable:
His persistence was finally rewarded when the insurance company agreed to pay for the damage. * It was her sheer persistence that wore them down in the end.
2 the state of continuing to exist for a long period of time:
the persistence of unemployment in the 1970s and 1980s
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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