Persistence

Noun

 * 1) The property of being persistent.
 * You've got to admire his persistence, he's asked her out every day for a month even though she keeps turning him down.
 * 1)  Of data, continuing to exist after the execution of the program.
 * Once written to a disk file the data has persistence, it will still be there tomorrow when we run the next program.
 * 1)  Referring to the previous day's weather (particularly temperature and precipitation statistics).

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:obstinacy

Adjectives for Persistence
marked; ardent; unabated; culpable; faithful; indomitable; cruel; inextinguishable wonderful; tiresome; patient; triumphant appalling; morbid; further; uncomplaining wearisome; adequate; unreasonable.

Verbs for Persistence
dog with—; instil—; tax—; —achieves; — attacks; —continues; —drags; —endures; — fades; —gains; —palls; —survives; — wanes.

Thesaurus
abidingness, accordance, adhesiveness, age, antiquity, application, assiduity, assiduousness, bulldog tenacity, bullheadedness, calm, changelessness, cohesiveness, commitment, concentration, consistency, consonance, constancy, continualness, continuance, continuation, continuity, correspondence, course, decidedness, decision, decisiveness, dedication, defeat of time, defiance of time, definiteness, demandingness, determinateness, determination, determinedness, devotion, diligence, diuturnity, dogged perseverance, doggedness, durability, durableness, duration, earnestness, endurance, engrossment, equability, equanimity, equilibrium, evenness, exigency, extension, fidelity, firmness, fixedness, frozenness, gluiness, glutinosity, grit, gumminess, hardening, homogeneity, immobility, immovability, immovableness, immutability, importunacy, importunateness, importunity, indefatigability, industriousness, industry, insistence, insistency, invariability, invariableness, inveteracy, lastingness, lengthening, long standing, long-lastingness, long-livedness, longevity, loyalty, maintenance, monolithism, obduracy, obstinacy, patience, patience of Job, perdurability, perennation, permanence, permanency, perpetualness, perpetuation, perpetuity, perseverance, persistency, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, plodding, pluck, plugging, preoccupation, pressingness, pressure, progress, progression, prolongation, protraction, purpose, purposefulness, pursuance, quiescence, relentlessness, repetition, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, resolvedness, retention, rigidity, run, sedulity, sedulousness, self-will, seriousness, sincerity, single-mindedness, singleness of purpose, slogging, snugness, solidity, stability, stamina, standing, stasis, staying power, steadfastness, steadiness, stick-to-itiveness, stickiness, straight course, stubbornness, survival, survivance, sustained action, sustenance, tackiness, tenaciousness, tenacity, tightness, tirelessness, torpor, total commitment, toughness, unchangeability, unchangingness, uniformity, uninterrupted course, unity, unremittingness, unruffledness, unswerving attention, urgency, viscidity, viscosity, way, will

Translations

 * Croatian: upornost
 * Czech: perzistence, vytrvalost
 * Dutch:
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 * Russian:, упорство
 * Spanish:
 * Telugu: పట్టుదల