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persevere
What does persevere mean?
persevere (verb): be persistent, refuse to stop.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use persevere in a sentence?
- You need to persevere to succeed in life. (Tatoeba sentence #8777517 by Amastan, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce persevere?
/pɚsəˈvɪɹ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does persevere come from?
From Middle English perseveren, from Old French perseverer.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to persevere
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “persevere” mean?
to hide, put out of sight etc
Not quite: that's what obscure means.
be persistent, refuse to stop
Right! That's what “persevere” means.
to puncture; to break through
Not quite: that's what pierce means.
remove body hair with a razor
Not quite: that's what shave means.
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