1 determined to do sth in spite of difficulties, especially when other people are against you and think that you are being annoying or unreasonable:
How do you deal with persistent salesmen who won't take no for an answer? * a persistent offender (= a person who continues to commit crimes after they have been caught and punished) * She can be very persistent when she wants something.
2 continuing for a long period of time without interruption, or repeated frequently, especially in a way that is annoying and cannot be stopped:
persistent rain / pain * a persistent cough * I can't take much more of this persistent criticism. * He resigned over persistent rumours of his affair with an actress. * Famine is a persistent problem in many parts of the world.
persistently adverb:
They have persistently denied claims of illegal dealing. * persistently high interest rates * a prison for juveniles who persistently reoffend
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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This entry for persistent is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is persistent a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, persistent is tagged as adjective.
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