Definitions for persistence

persistence per·sist·ence

Spelling: [per-sis-tuh ns, -zis-]
IPA: /pərˈsɪs təns, -ˈzɪs-/

Persistence is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 838 anagrams from letters in persistence (ceeeinprsst).

Definitions for persistence

noun

  1. the act or fact of persisting.
  2. the quality of being persistent:
  3. continued existence or occurrence:
  4. the continuance of an effect after its cause is removed.

Origin of persistence

First recorded in 1540-50; persist + -ence

Examples for persistence

In the arc of his life, we see a man who earned his place in history through struggle and shrewdness; persistence and faith.

Because the execution seems to just be a matter of persistence and technology.

Ingres' persistence looked like folly, even madness in his eyes.

This persistence in a phylloxera-ravaged district is quite touching.

The dirty little secret here is the persistence of urban poverty.

That development enabled the persistence of the accelerating pace that started with biological evolution.

And he just kept doing it with a persistence that is a grandeur.

In this persistence he displayed courage worthy of a better reward.

Mr. Gordon believed that to shrewdness and persistence all things are possible.

Presently, however, the sincerity and persistence of the girl won him over.

Word Value for persistence
Scrable

15

Words with friends

18

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