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to persevere
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to continue a course of action, especially in the face of difficulty or with little or no prospect of success
Intransitive: to persevere in a course of action | to persevere with a course of action
Grammatical Information
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
persevere
3rd person singular
perseveres
Past simple
persevered
Past participle
persevered
Examples
Despite facing numerous rejections, she persevered in her writing career.
Lexical Tree
perseverance
perseverate
persevering
persevere
