perseverance

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/ˌpɜːsəˈvɪəɹəns/

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/ˌpɜːsəˈvɪəɹəns/ · /pəˈsɛvəɹəns/ · /ˌpɝsəˈvɪɹəns/ · /pɚˈsɛvəɹəns/

Definition of perseverance

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noun

(uncountable, usually)Continuing in a course of action without regard to discouragement, opposition or previous failure.

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

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