perseverance

CEFRC1

/ˌpɜːsəˈvɪəɹəns/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Continued effort despite difficulty or delay.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Continuing in a course of action without regard to discouragement, opposition or previous failure.

Examples

  • Wherever you may go, you can't succeed without perseverance.

  • The teacher said, "Above all, what is necessary for success is perseverance."

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
3

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In context

  • It had taken nine years from the evening that Truman first showed up with a pie plate at her mother's door, but his dogged perseverance eventually won him the hand of his boyhood Sunday school crush.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English perseveraunce, from Old French perseverance, from Latin persevērantia.