# persist

Pronunciation: US say "pur-SIST" /pɚˈsɪst/; UK say "puh-SIST" /pəˈsɪst/

## Verb

1. To go on with an action stubbornly or resolutely, refusing to give up despite difficulty or opposition.
   - Simple: To keep doing something even when it is hard or others want you to stop.
   - _Despite repeated rejections, she persisted in submitting her novel to publishers._
   - _Negotiators who persist through early setbacks often reach better agreements._
2. To continue to exist.
   - Simple: To keep existing or being there, even after a long time.
   - _Rumors of a merger persisted long after the company denied them._
   - _Certain chemicals persist in the environment for decades after use._
3. To repeat an utterance; to say the same thing again.
   - Simple: To say something again, especially when people did not listen the first time.
   - _"I saw him take the money," the witness persisted under cross-examination._
   - _Customers sometimes persist with the same complaint even after receiving an answer._
4. To cause data or a change to remain after a process ends; to make permanent, typically by saving it to storage.
   - Simple: To save information so it is still there after the program closes.
   - _The service persists each transaction to the database before sending a confirmation._
   - _Developers persist user preferences locally so the app remembers them between sessions._

## Verb

5. To continue to be in a given state or condition; to remain. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To go on being the same way, without changing.

## Origin

From Middle French persister, from Latin persistere, formed from per- plus sistere ("to stand").

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