Persistent is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for PERSISTENT in dictionary:

NOUN:
• something that is persistent
ADJECTIVE:
• persisting, lasting
• continuing firmly or obstinately in an opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition
• continuing to exist or occur over a prolonged period
• (of chemicals or radioactivity) remaining within the environment for a long time after introduction
• (of a part of an animal or plant, such as a horn, leaf, etc.) remaining attached instead of falling off in the normal manner.
• Inclined to persist; having staying qualities; tenacious of position or purpose.
• Remaining beyond the period when parts of the same kind sometimes fall off or are absorbed; permanent; as, persistent teeth or gills; a persistent calyx; -- opposed to deciduous, and caducous.
• never-ceasing
• continually recurring to the mind
• retained; not shed
• stubbornly unyielding
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• existing for a long or longer than usual time or continuously; as retained beyond the usual period; continuing without change in function or structure; effective in the open for an appreciable time usually through slow volatilizing; degraded only slowly by the environment; remaining infective for a relatively long time in a vector after an initial period of incubation

Words related to PERSISTENT

persistently17 persistents13 persistive15

Words that contain PERSISTENT

persistents13 impersistent16 persistently17 nonpersistent15

How to use PERSISTENT in a sentence

• Tradition is a large and persistent element in the better life of the race, while the past certainly has a powerful influence over the present.
• She had gone to quiet a small, gnawing anxiety that had been with her all the day, a haunting, elusive, persistent impression that something was wrong between her and her husband.
• By persistent direction of thought one can both create and cure a pain in any specific spot of his organism.
• The only noises were the occasional footfalls of a policeman and the persistent calling of ducks and geese in the closed market across the way.
• Embarrassed by his persistent gaze, she went to the opposite side of the room on pretext of getting a photograph from a desk.
• This fellow was the most persistent of the lot, and, because of him, he had, in his waking moments, constructed several score of hiding-places in and about the cabin.
• It is the Ceylon chronicle which knows of them and communication between Burma and southern India was old and persistent.
• Why, then, this persistent and unaccountable revulsion? Why should she hesitate? The ancient female fear of the trap? That could not be it.
• Each seems to have argued herself into the belief that she has been lured into this piece of nonsense, against her better judgment, by the persistent folly of the other one.
• It is also most persistent in its growth from spring until fall when sufficient moisture is present.
• She was obstinately persistent, and she was moreover unscrupulous, but she was not selfish.
• I am a persistent man, and I do not even yet give up all hope.
• A persistent attempt has been made in America during recent years, by C.
• It requires persistent reading, as well as very thoughtful reading, of the masters of perfect style.
• There was another question in her mind, not less persistent, not less troubling.
• The bill, however, which after persistent opposition finally became a law, was introduced and warmly advocated by Senator Douglas.
• She studied all her life with great joy and earnestness, rarely, if ever, baffled in her persistent learning except by ill-health.
• Also very thoughtful, mild in disposition, but determined and persistent.
• It is evident that without the most persistent efforts he could never have triumphed over obstacles and gained the highest rank in his profession.
• This storm was surely the perfect expression of anger, too persistent for mere fury.
• The clerks were trained to be courteous without being persistent.
• And the life of this organism must be persistent to realize its own aims.
• She was extraordinarily persistent and left in great indignation to see a lawyer because Davis would not pay her the reward.
• Their organized and persistent use of the press has gained for them a wide hearing.
• The result is that in writing of this, one of the most ancient, persistent, and widespread stocks of mankind, one faces astounding prejudice.

Similar words containing PERSIST without suffix ent

persist9 persists10 persisted12 persister11 persisters12 persisting13 persistive15 persistence15 persistency18 persistents13 impersistent16 persistences16 persistently17 persistingly18 nonpersistent15 persistencies17

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