adjective🔗ShareObstinately refusing to give up or let go."She has had a persistent cough for weeks."characterattitudemindpersonChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareInsistently repetitive."There was a persistent knocking on the door."characterattitudetendencyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareIndefinitely continuous."There have been persistent rumours for years."characterattitudetendencyqualityChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareLasting past maturity without falling off."Pine cones have persistent scales."plantbiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareOf data or a data structure: not transient or temporary, but remaining in existence after the termination of the program that creates it."Once written to a disk file, the data becomes persistent: it will still be there tomorrow when we run the next program."computingtechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareDescribing a fractal process that has a positive Brown function"The persistent effort to study diligently, even when tired, is a positive sign. "mathphysicstechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share(stochastic processes, of a state) non-transient."The persistent cough kept bothering him throughout the entire week. "mathstatisticssciencetechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading