English-Thai Dictionary

persistence

N การ คงอยู่  การ มี อยู่  doggedness perseverence persistency tenacity kan-kong-yu

 

persistence

N การยืนกราน  การดื้อแพ่ง  steadfastness tenacity stamina kan-yuan-kran

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PERSISTENCE

n.The state of persisting; steady pursuit of what is undertaken; perseverance in a good or evil course, more generally in that which is evil and injurious to others, or unadvisable. 1. Obstinacy; contumacy.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PERSISTENCE; PERSISTENCY

Per *sist "ence, Per *sist "en *cy, n. Etym: [See Persistent. ]

 

1. The quality or state of being persistent; staying or continuing quality; hence, in an unfavorable sense, doggedness; obstinacy.

 

2. The continuance of an effect after the cause which first gave rise to it is removed; as: (a ) (Physics )

 

Defn: The persistence of motion. (b ) (Physiol.) Visual persistence, or persistence of the visual impression; auditory persistence, etc.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

persistence

per sist ence |pərˈsistəns pərˈsɪst (ə )ns | ▶noun firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition: companies must have patience and persistence, but the rewards are there. • the continued or prolonged existence of something: the persistence of huge environmental problems. DERIVATIVES per sist en cy |-sē |noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French persistance, from the verb persister; influenced in spelling by Latin persistent- ‘continuing steadfastly. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

persistence

per ¦sist |ence |pəˈsɪst (ə )ns | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the fact of continuing in an opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition: Cardiff's persistence was rewarded with a try. • the continued or prolonged existence of something: the persistence of huge environmental problems. DERIVATIVES persistency noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French persistance, from the verb persister; influenced in spelling by Latin persistent- ‘continuing steadfastly ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

persistence

persistence noun See perseverance.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

persistence

persistence noun he had risen to his present position by dint of hard work and sheer persistence: perseverance, tenacity, determination, resolve, resolution, resoluteness, staying power, purposefulness, firmness of purpose, patience, endurance, application, diligence, sedulousness, dedication, commitment, doggedness, persistency, pertinacity, assiduity, assiduousness, steadfastness, tirelessness, indefatigability, stamina; intransigence, obstinacy; German Sitzfleisch; informal stickability; N. Amer. informal stick-to-it-iveness; archaic continuance; rare perseveration.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

persistence

per sist ence /pə r sɪ́st (ə )ns /名詞 U 1 根気よさ, がんばり, 粘り強さ (perseverance ); 頑固さ, しつこさ ▸ with persistence 粘り強く ; しつこく 2 永続, 持続性 ; 残存 ▸ the persistence of a headache 頭痛の持続