persistence
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/pəˈsɪst(ə)ns/
English
Definitions
noun
- 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.”
- Of data, the property of continuing to exist after the termination 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.”
- Continuation of the previous day's weather (particularly temperature and precipitation statistics).
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Synonyms
persistencytenaciousnesstenacityperseverationdoggednessperseverancepertinacitycontinuityperseverenceperseveringpersistingpatienceenduranceresiliencypersistpersevere