perseverance

See also: persévérance

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌpɜːsəˈvɪəɹəns/, (archaic) /pəˈsɛvəɹəns/[1]
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌpɝsəˈvɪɹəns/, (archaic) /pɚˈsɛvəɹəns/
  • Rhymes: -ɪəɹəns
  • Hyphenation: per‧se‧ve‧rance

Noun

perseverance (usually uncountable, plural perseverances)

  1. Continuing in a course of action without regard to discouragement, opposition or previous failure.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:perseverance
    • 2004, Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage:
      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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References

  1. ^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Perseverance”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VII (O–P), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 721, column 3.

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

perseverance

  1. alternative form of perseveraunce

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French perseverance.

Noun

perseverance f (uncountable)

  1. perseverance
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