Perseverance Meaning
/ˌpɜːsəˈvɪəɹəns/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounContinuing in a course of action without regard to discouragement, opposition or previous failure.
Sentence Examples
Wherever you may go, you can't succeed without perseverance.
The teacher said, "Above all, what is necessary for success is perseverance."
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After many failures, her ____ finally paid off when she won the competition.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Her ____ in the face of repeated failure eventually led to a breakthrough in her research.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English perseveraunce, from Old French perseverance, from Latin persevērantia.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 2004, Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After many failures, her ____ finally paid off when she won the competition.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Her ____ in the face of repeated failure eventually led to a breakthrough in her research.